#1024
WAGR Ec class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1900· class of 20 Australian 4-6-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ec249, Kellerberrin, ca. 1903: WAGR· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR Ec class was a class of 4-6-2 heavy passenger and goods Vauclain compound locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1901 and 1958.
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 126 years ago, in 1900.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 24 years (1901–1925).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1900
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1925
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- weight
- 74.2 t
- nicknames
- Bull Yanks
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16258532, Wikipedia: WAGR Ec class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.