Malacca Government Railway 2, the last of the class, went to Siam in 1924.

Became class A from July 1901 when the Perak and Selangor Railways were merged, although they were not physically connected until 1903. The Malacca Railway was absorbed in 1905, the Sungei Ujong Railway in 1908 and the Singapore Railway in 1912 although the latter remained isolated until the opening of the Johore Causeway in 1923. The Johore Railway opened in 1909 and was originally leased to FMSR. All were built with outside cylinders 10" x 16" and a note in le Fleming's 1936 list states "All A class 440T rebuilt to 11" x 16"."

From 1912 onwards some of these locomotives were transferred to the Construction Department as newer locomotives were purchased and many survived into the 1930’s.

 * Indicates a number previously carried by another locomotive

Class B

A further series of 7 4-4-0T locomotives built by Hunslet (5) and Hawthorn, Leslie (2).  

 These became Class B and were a heavier, more powerful, version of the class A, with larger cylinders.

 * Indicates a number previously carried by another locomotive

One of the former Johore locomotives may have survived into the 1940s.

The Hunslet list shows two locomotives sold to Singapore as number 5, 896 in 1906 and 936 in 1907. Hunslet 896 has a note saying it was renumbered to Singapore 1 but Hunslet 748 was Singapore 1 until renumbered to 14 in 1912. H M le Fleming states that 936 was Singapore Railway 6.

NOTES: 1. The Singapore Railway has been variously known also as Singapore Government Railway, Singapore – Kranji Railway, Singapore - Straits Railway and Singapore – Johore Railway, and was opened in 1903. To add to the confusion  the Singapore Tramways (1885 - 1894) has also been erroneously reported variously as the Singapore – Kranji Railway and Singapore – Woodlands Railway, but in reality it was never extended beyond the city limits. It was operated by a series of 16 Kitson-built steam tram locomotives. Upon closure the stock was sold to the Tanjong Pagar Dock company

              2.  Singapore is the name of both the group of islands south of Malaya and the city at the southern tip of the main island. The southern terminus of the railway was at Tank Road in the city, while the northern terminus was at Kranji, near Woodlands. Johore is the southern-most state of Malaya and the main town, across the straits from Woodlands, is known as Johore Bahru. A railway ferry service was established between Woodlands and Johore Bahru and operated until the causeway was opened in 1923. A January 1907 extension from Tank Road ran past the docks complex to Pasir Panjang. In 1933 a deviation was opened from a point approximately 1 mile south of Bukit Panjang, in the centre of the island, to Tanjong Pagar, near the docks, avoiding the city. The earlier line to Tank Road was then closed and much of the formation was used for new roads.

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