#1562
WAGR M class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1911· class of 6+7 Australian 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratt locomotives, built 1911–1913
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. M388, East Perth, 1926: L.S. Kingsborough· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR M class was a class of 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratt-type articulated steam locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1912 and 1955. A total of 13 were built by Beyer, Peacock & Co, Manchester 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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 44 years (1911–1955).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1911–1913
- in service from
- 1911
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 13
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- designer
- Beyer, Peacock & Co
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0+0-6-2 (Garratt)
- weight
- 69.1 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17052634, Wikipedia: WAGR M class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.