Eyre Peninsula Railway. Withdrawal from service By 1929, unmodified W class units had been withdrawn from service by South Australian Railways and the majority sold for scrap. TW22 had been sold to Western Australian Government Railways in 1893 and was not withdrawn until 1958. W38, in private hands with Baxter and Saddler from 1896, was condemned in 1955. Several Wx class units were also withdrawn in 1929, but a small number endured until 1959 when the SAR's South-eastern Division narrow-gauge lines were converted to . The six units converted by Commonwealth Railways to NF class were withdrawn between 1928 and 1945; three worked on the North Australia Railway operating the line during World War II. NF6 was destroyed during the first Japanese air raid on Darwin in 1942 while shunting munitions on the Stokes Hill jetty. The locomotive was blown into the harbour and although both driver and fireman survived, the fate of NF6 remains unknown as it has never been located. Preservation Two have been preserved: NF5 (W53) has been restored to operational condition at Pine Creek, Northern Territory. One of the earliest examples of the class, W53 was built in 1877 and was used on the construction of the Port Augusta–Quorn section of what became the Central Australia Railway; it was one of two W class purchased by Commonwealth Railways in 1915 and redesignated NF5 for use on the North Australia Railway. NF5 was withdrawn from service following the end of World War II and was preserved and displayed in several locations around Darwin, before its eventual relocation to Pine Creek, where it was restored to operating condition as a Centenary of Federation project by the Pine Creek Community Government Council. Wx18 is stored at the Pichi Richi Railway, Quorn. It entered service in July 1879, was upgraded to Wx class in 1911, and in 1959 hauled the last narrow gauge goods train on the Kingston–Naracoorte line, where it had spent its operational life. It was displayed in Naracoorte until moved to Pichi Richi in July 1985. It is currently dismantled awaiting restoration. References External links Beyer, Peacock locomotives NF Railway locomotives introduced in 1877 W 2-6-0 locomotives 3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of Australia Mixed traffic locomotives