Western Australia Government Railways 4-8-0 No. 452
Collie, Western Australia, Australia 		Location: Collie Visitor Centre
Status: Display
Posted: Aug 4, 2018 @ 13:08:15 by Robin R Beck
One of 57 locos which were the F class. Originally numbered 398, entered service in 1913. The last two F class locos were fitted with Schmidt superheaters becoming the Fs class. Over time 51 of the class were also fitted. 398 had a superheater fitted in 1947, and it was renumbered, becoming 452 in 1949. The superheater removed in 1962 as an economy measure. The loco finished work in 1971 and has been preserved at Collie, behind the visitor centre under a weather awning. The water tank wagon behind 452, is of a type apparently often used with this class of loco presumably to extend the range. Not the only class of locos to use water tanks in WA.

Collie has a small mining museum. It also has the Bill Weir rolling stock collection where old railway wagons are restored. On the outskirts of town is the last standing railway roundhouse in Western Australian. Not open to the public.

Posted: May 8, 2008 @ 14:05:20 by Phil Horton
Ex Western Australia Government Railways No. 452, a 4-8-0 is displayed in the Railway Museum at Collie, Western Australia on 20 November 2003