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WAGR T class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1887· class of 10 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. T167, first WAGR livery, c. 1900: Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR)· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR T class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives operated by the Great Southern Railway (GSR) and later Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR).
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 139 years ago, in 1887.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.1 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 65 years (1887–1952).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1887
- in service from
- 1887
- retired
- 1952
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Kitson and Company
- operators
- Great Southern Railway, Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 13.1 m
- weight
- 49.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17055959, Wikipedia: WAGR T class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.