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WAGR Q class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.· from 1928· class of 2 Australian 4-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. PWD Nornalup, ca 1928: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR Q class was a two-member class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the Public Works Department (PWD) and later Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1928 and 1953.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.9 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 25 years (1928–1953).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928
- in service from
- 1928
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.
- operators
- Public Works Department (Western Australia), Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 14.9 m
- weight
- 121 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927399, Wikipedia: WAGR Q class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.