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MRWA C class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1958· class of 5 Australian 4-6-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. C16, Midland Junction, before 1949: J. Stanbridge· Public domain
what is it?
The MRWA C class was a class of steam locomotives built by Kitson & Co. in Leeds, England, for the Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA). The class's wheel arrangement was 4-6-2.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- 492 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Served for 38 years (1912–1950).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1958
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1950
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- operators
- Midland Railway of Western Australia
- top speed
- —
- power
- 492 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6717630, Wikipedia: MRWA C class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.