N1880 (Michael Donahoo)

NA1874 (Chris Stratton)

NB1873 (Richard Montgomery)

1872 (John Cleverdon)

NA1874 (Ben O'Malley)

1873 (John Cleverdon)

Model Number: CE618
 

The N class was initially used for bauxite, coal, and woodchip traffic in the southwest of WA, although later on, their reliability may not have been as good as other classes, as indicated by the fact that all are now withdrawn. In 1982, four locos were rebuilt to become the NA class, the reason for this being to replace vacuum brakes with air brakes (this making them more reliable). Then, in 1994, two of the NAs were rebuilt to become standard gauge NB class, presumably due to a requirement for more standard gauge locos.
Both the NB class and one of the NA class have now been sold to Austrac. The remainder were scrapped.
 
Junee Railway Workshops (Austrac):
The 18 class are Junee Railway Workshops latest acquisition, with two already being used for their NSW, and for a while, Sydney-Melbourne operations. 1874 remained unused, and was sold to South Spur Rail. 
The two locos are leased to LVRF for trip train workings in the Sydney area, but have now been sold to Patrick Rail for use in SA.

South Spur Rail:
This purchase of SSR saw the NA class return home.

Patricks:
Two are being used by Patricks to haul trains from Adelaide to the Bowmans freight depot, north of Adelaide.

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