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WAGR J class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1891· class of 3 Australian 4-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. J class, Wuraming, ca. 1920s: R. Moss Collection· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR J class was a three-member class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1892 and 1924 before seeing further use with the State Saw Mills until the early 1930s.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
- Served for 38 years (1892–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1891
- in service from
- 1892
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946432, Wikipedia: WAGR J class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.