Livery and Numbering
When introduced the P class locomotives were painted in overall black with red buffer beams, in keeping with WAGR livery policies of the time. The Pr class wore both the overall black livery and a paint scheme with black smoke boxes, tenders and cabs with grey boilers lined in black. The W class of 1951 introduced the Larch Green with black smoke boxes and red buffer beams livery to Western Australia and this was applied to the majority of tender locomotives, including the P and Pr classes.
The twenty-five P class locomotives originally bore the numbers P 441-P 465, but the surviving class members were renumbered P 501-P 517 in 1947. The initial batch of 10 Pr class engines were numbered Pr 138-Pr 147, while the eight later conversion retained their P class numbers. The 'Pr class' designation was only adopted officially on locomotive registers in 1946, and accordingly saw the class renumbered Pr 521-Pr 538.
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