This dinky 0-6-0T was one of two locomotives built by Neilson, Reid & Co, Glasgow in 1887 for delivery to the Western Australia Government Railways, arriving in 1889.  Numbered H 18 and H 22, these two locomotives had interesting careers with several changes of ownership and location; both were allocated to the (then) isolated Bunbury - Boyanup line when first opened in 1891 and later the Mundaring Weir line during its operation by the Goldfields Water Supply Department.

Preserved loco H 18 (Neilson, Reid & Co. builder's no. 3631 of 1887) and sister H 22 worked from 1895 to 1897 on construction duties at Fremantle Harbour.  H 22 spent much of its later working life on the isolated Port Headland to Marble Bar line in the north of the state, finally being scrapped in 1956.

H 18 ended its career at Bunbury where it had found use on jetty and other shunting duties.  H 18 was presented to the Australian Railway Historical Society (WA Division) as early as 1962 and subsequently spent about a decade in storage at Bunbury locomotive depot prior to entering The Railway Museum, Bassendean.

H 18 was displayed at Bassendean until 1996 at which stage it moved to Midland Workshops for intended restoration to operation by ARHS volunteers.  It was stripped to the frames for full overhaul, however the boiler was subsequently assessed as requiring replacement.  Mechanical overhaul of the locomotive was completed and H 18 has now been beautifully restored for museum display, pending the possibility of future boiler replacement.

Also restored at Midland Workshops at this stage was a delightful 4-wheel WAGR brake van of 1892 vintage.  Both restoration projects were finished in approximately 2011 and I believe H 18 and the brake van are now displayed at The Railway Museum, Bassendean.