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WAGR M class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1875· class of 2 Australian 2-6-0 locomotives built in 1875
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Whittakers 24, North Dandalup Mill: Unknown (John P. Charrington collection of postcards ; BA1043/6-11)· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR M class was a two-member class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1876 and 1911.
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 151 years ago, in 1875.
- Served for 74 years (1876–1950).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1875
- in service from
- 1876
- retired
- 1950
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- 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
- 2-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927301, Wikipedia: WAGR M class (1875) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.