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WAGR C class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1902· class of 22 Australian 4-6-0 (later 4-6-2) locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Cs270, Banksiadale line, ca. 1960: WAGR· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR C class was a class of light axle load steam locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1902 and 1961. A total of 22 were built in two batches.
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 124 years ago, in 1902.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 62 years (1902–1964).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1902
- in service from
- 1902
- retired
- 1964
- status
- retired
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, Midland Railway Workshops
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0 and 4-6-2
- length
- 16.8 m
- weight
- 68.1 t
- nicknames
- Baby Yanks
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17049727, Wikipedia: WAGR C class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.