Australian Standard Garratt

ASG No. G33 on display at Newport in 2007.

The Australian Standard Garratt (ASG) was a total of 57 steam locomotives built from 1943 to 1945.

After the federal government founded the Commonwealth Land Transport Board (CLTB) in 1939 a recommendation was made to build several types of Garratt for Australian railway networks. The CLTB only authorised the construction of the light type from several Australian builders for service in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. Though they did provide temporary relief to said systems they were found to have several flaws and most were withdrawn in the 1950s. One ASG No. G33 (which never actually served on a government system) is preserved and on display at Newport Railway Museum after working industrial trains.

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Australian Standard Garratt Media

Western Australian Government Railways' G26 in 1943
Western Australian Government Railways' G55 in 1952

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