Western Machinery Company (John Robb) 0-4-0WT No. None
Whiteman Park, Western Australia, Australia 		Location: Bennett Brook Railway
Status: Restoration
Posted: Apr 18, 2023 @ 23:04:38 by Norman R. R. Birkner
Ownership: Built in 1889,imported by John Robb in 1892 and used by him on multiple projects in Victoria and South Australia, before being sold to the East Murchison United Gold Mines Pty. Ltd. based in Leinster, Western Australia in the early 1900s and then sold again to the Western Machinery Co. in Kalgoorlie who sold the loco to Lew Whiteman in 1963. In 1984 Mr. Whiteman donated the loco to the Western Australian Light Rail Preservation Association Inc. (WALRPA) in 1984 along with Magnet Tramway No.3. It is 2 ft. (610 mm) gauge.
Posted: Feb 22, 2022 @ 07:02:11 by Dale W Fickés
Originally sold by intermediary Stadler, Königer & Co, Berlin to John Robb, Victoria Construction, Melbourne, i.e. prior to work with WMC, Kalgoorlie.
Posted: Aug 8, 2018 @ 16:08:35 by Robin R Beck
One of four new Krauss locos built 1889 (works 2178 - 2181) used by the firm of John Robb for the construction of Victoria Dock, Melbourne. 1892 Robbs employed 2181 on the Happy Valley Reservoir construction in South Australia. 1903 was sold to East Murchison United Gold Mines, in Leinster, Western Australia. 1919 sold again to Western Machinery Co, Kalgoorlie. No idea years it worked there. Western Machinery in 1963 sold it to Lew Whiteman, who moved it to his estate outside Perth. In 1984 he donated the loco to Bennett Brook Railway. There is photos of it slow restoration. Not sure if this work is being done at a private site. I never saw the locomotive on my visits BBR.

The now very different sister engine, Krauss 2179 is at Albion Park, NSW.