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WAGR A class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1880· class of 13 Western Australian 2-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. A11, Midland Junction, 1943: J.B. Goggs· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR A class was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Beyer, Peacock & Co and operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1881 and 1955.
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 146 years ago, in 1880.
- 11.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 75 years (1880–1955).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1880
- in service from
- 1880
- retired
- 1955
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 13
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Dübs and Company
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- length
- 11.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16258526, Wikipedia: WAGR A class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.