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MRWA A class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1926· class of 9 Australian 2-8-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. A26, Gingin, 1943: W. Larson· Public domain
what is it?
The MRWA A class was a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotives built by Kitson & Co. in Leeds, England, for the Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA).
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- 18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1926–1958).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926
- in service from
- 1926
- retired
- 1958
- status
- retired
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- operators
- Midland Railway of Western Australia
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 18.9 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6717627, Wikipedia: MRWA A class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.