S549 "Mountain Class" Greenmount with paint removed at the Railway Museum, Bassendean, Western Australia.
S549 "Mountain Class" Greenmount with paint removed at the Railway Museum, Bassendean, Western Australia. S 549 was built by the West Australian Government Railways (WAGR) at their Midland Workshops in 1947, being the second-last of the ten members the S-class freight locomotives of the 4-8-2 "Mountain" wheel arrangement. Appropriately, the S-class carried the names of Western Australian mountains and S 549 received the name "Greenmount" in WAGR service. S 549 "Greenmount" was withdrawn by the WAGR in June 1971, together with the majority of the class. Photos from that period show long lines of withdrawn S, W and V-class locomotives awaiting scrapping at Midland Workshops. Fortunately S 549 was saved for the collection of the ARHS at The Railway Museum, Bassendean. Here it was displayed until 1985, when restoration work began which culminated in the relaunch of S 549 as an operational exhibit in 1995.
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Location: Railway Museum, 136 Railway Parade, Bassendean, Western Australia
Photo credit: © Duncan Sharrocks / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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