106595: East Perth SECWA No 1

Date Taken: 1 December 1965

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Country: Australia. State/Region: Western Australia.

Between 1924 and 1969 Western Australia's only electric locomotive, built in England by Metropolitan Vickers, hauled coal wagons between East Perth Yard and East Perth Power Station along a short length of overhead catenary equipped track electrified at 600 V DC.