Frank Stamford

presented "The Genealogy of the Western Australian G class" - the origins of the Beyer Peacock "colonial mogul".

The Western Australian G class was the most widely used locomotive in the Australian timber industry. Also running as the South Australian Y class and Tasmanian C class it was the most widely used type of steam locomotive in Australia. It was the fourth generation in a family of highly successful Beyer Peacock designs starting with broad-gauge 2-4-0s in Spain in 1862. This presentation looks at the development of the design and the four generations. Apart from Spain and all states of Australia, the United Kingdom, Norway, the Isle of Man, South Africa and South American countries will enter the story. 

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