Rolling stock on the isolated railways

There were five isolated systems owned by the W.A.G.R. although the Northern railway (Geraldton-Northampton), Bunbury to Boyanup Railway and the Norseman to Esperance line was eventually linked to the rest of the system. The list below is the best that I have at the moment of stock that ran on three of these lines. I do not have a date associated with this list. I know that some I class wagons that ran on the Port Hedland line are not included and there are also known to be some wagons omitted from the Hopetoun List. None of the wagons on the Port Hedland line were fitted with vacuum brakes or train pipes.

F. Mackay (RHWA collection)
Norseman-Esperance	Loco	G156
	Brake van	P10077
	Carriage	AG15
	Wagons	GC4913, 7462, 7755, 8001, 8492, 8573, 8617, 8724, 8784, 8856, 8859, 9203, 9651 H287, 1225, 2270, 2370, 2409, 2769, 2778, 2779, 3080, 3097, 3153, 3911, 4023 J2817, 3143 L1314, 1356, 1362, 1370, 1377, 4881, 4885, 5096, 5100, 5102 Q2064, 3224, 4441, 4459, 4480
State Library of WA image 008368PD
Port Hedland -Marble Bar	Locos	A11 (1944-1945), G32 (1948-1954), G48 (1943-1948), G108(1912-1939), G118(1912-1943), G130 (1943-1945), G234 (1944-1951), H22 (1909-1951)
	Brake vans	P5011 (later ZP2) Z45 ZB206 (ex ZB10600)
	Carriages	ACL385(spent much time partially dismantled), APC154, AI432
	Wagons	B629, 7530 CX123, 6332 D558 (converted to H in 1939 and body used as a shed) DA10941 (sent to PH 1939) fitted with crate floor G, 348, 531, 618, 868, 1091, 1096, 1239, 2474, 2573, 2723, 22657, 3844, 8807-8818, 8833(converted from HA in 1933) H145, 258, 558(ex D), 914, 955, 992, 1019, 1232, 1257, 1282, 1502, 1516, 1533, 1534, 1537, 1971, 1997, 2006, 2248, 2297, 2309, 2322, 2357, 2390, 2422, 2758, 2774, 3041, 3900, 3990, 4000, 8787, 8788, 8793-8795, 8797, 8800-8803-8805,8806, 8821, 8822 HA8824-8835 (all converted from L) J229, 232 (ex H), 8789, 8791, 8796, 8799, 8804 (1312 gallon steel tank) J1106, 2548, 2808, 2826, 3755, 3853, 8819, 8820 (1500 gallon cylindrical steel) Q8823 RD686, 1307 (from 1937) SX10234, 10235 (10235 later converted to U) U10235 (from SX)
RHWA collection
Hopetoun - Ravensthorpe	Locos	G128 (1909-1911), 130 (1909-1943), 156 (1911-1921), 233 (1909-1943) and one other...
	Brake vans	P5090, 5092, P5000 ZA6281
	Carriages	AH24, AH25
	Wagons	D564 GB6345, 6421, 6426, 6439, 6459, 6465, 6501, 6534, 6537, 6556, 6557, 6571, 6589, 6594, 6597, 6601, 6620, 6632, 6712, 6765, 6773 (of which 6571 and 6601 were fitted with ridgepoles in 1927) H368, 1518, 1526, 2271, 2345, 2396, 2446, 2799, 2801, 3908, 3951, 4038, 4103 I671, 676, 757, 780 J907, 1932, 4123 (and others) XA5897, 5902, 5912, 5915, 5919, 5921, 5922, 5923, 5925, 5927, 5929, 5935, 5937, 5940 (all XA returned to main system in 1921) Possibly also N class wagons 1555, 1564, 1582 and 1586 B91 Twenty-two L class O393
Of these AH24, AH25, D564, O393, J907, J1932, J4123 ZA 6281, and ZP5092 were abandoned or sold when the line closed in 1943. The two remaining locos G130 and G233 along with cattle wagon B91 were returned to the main system.
Northern Railway The early WAGR annual reports have separate lists for the Northern railway and Eastern railway stocks. They list the number of each type that the WAGR owned on each railway. So, for example, the 1881 annual report lists the Northern Railway stock as:
	Locos	2 Kitson , 2 Fairlie
	Coaches	2 composite (later AI class)
	Brake vans	2 four-wheeled
	Wagons	22 “wagons” 1 travelling crane 1 gunpowder van.
By 1885 the “wagons” are listed as “low sided”. In 1886 there was an increase to 28 low sided and by 1887 this had gone up to 33 low sided and there was now a “travelling tank” as well. Another 3 low sided wagons were added in 1888 taking the total to 36. The 1891 report splits the wagons up differently, listing 34 “mineral” wagons and 10 low sided. The crane had now gone elsewhere and there were 2 cattle trucks added. The early 1890s was a period of administrative chaos on the WAGR and the next reports weren’t issued until 1895. The construction of the MRWA meant that stock was now interchangeable and after that separate totals are not listed.
One of the Northern railway low-sided wagons at Geraldton in the early days of the Railway. The ends have clearly been removed to transport a special load (another possibility is that this is the "travelling tank" listed from 1887. The livery looks as though it is grey with black iron work. The image is blown up from State Library of WA 3881B/186.
Bunbury-Boyanup Railway The Bunbury Railway was a rather different beast from the other isolated railways. It was originally opened as a horse drawn tramway in 1887 operated by a contractor so the rolling stock was lightweight and not really compatible with other WAGR stock. Operation of the railway was taken over the the WAGR in 1890 but it remained separate from the rest of the system until August 1893. The June 1893 annual report lists the stock as:
	Locos	1 (H 22)
	Coaches	5 four wheel tramcars (these were 4 second class & 1 composite).
	Brake vans	2 four-wheeled tramcar type
	Wagons	8 High sided 6 low sided 10 timber trucks 6 timber floats 1 water tank.
It's not clear to me whether any of this stock ever got numbers in the main WAGR sequences. By 1898 the future of the tramcars was being decided. They were by that point stored at Fremantle. They had been offered for sale to the Canning Jarrah Timber Co. but they declined. They were too light for other use and after looking at alternatives such as conversion to workmen's vans or grounding as lamp rooms it was decided to sell the bodies by public auction and retain the ironwork for future use. One of the brakevans seems to have ended up with Millar's and lasted at least until the 1920s.
At left are four of the Bunbury tramcars stored at Fremantle with an AI class four-wheeler. The image is blown up from State Library of WA 1458B/25a.