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MRWA P class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by James Martin and Company· from 1896· class of 2 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The MRWA P class was a class of steam locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) and later the Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA) from 1896.
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 130 years ago, in 1896.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1896
- in service from
- 1896
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- James Martin and Company
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways, Midland Railway of Western Australia
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 14 m
- weight
- 51.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6717634, Wikipedia: MRWA P class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.