#0428
WAGR E class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1879· class of 2 Australian double-Fairlie 2-4-4-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Avonside 1241-42, Geraldton, 1886: WAGR· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR E class was a two-member class of 2-4-4-2T double-Fairlie locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1881 and 1892.
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 147 years ago, in 1879.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 14 years (1881–1895).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1879
- in service from
- 1881
- retired
- 1895
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-4-2
- weight
- 33.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16258529, Wikipedia: WAGR E class (1879) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.