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WAGR W class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1951· class of 60 Australian 4-8-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WAGR locomotive W934 at Woolshed Flat: Zzrbiker· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The WAGR W class is a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1951 and 1972.
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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 21 years (1951–1972).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1951–1952
- in service from
- 1951
- retired
- 1972
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- designer
- Frederick Mills, Charles Clarke & Beyer, Peacock & Co
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- length
- 18.6 m
- weight
- 98.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946449, Wikipedia: WAGR W class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.