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WAGR S class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1888· class of 2 Australian 0-6-0WT locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. S162, Toongabbie: Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR)· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR S class was a two-member class of 0-6-0WT tank locomotives operated by the Great Southern Railway (GSR) and later Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR).
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 138 years ago, in 1888.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 50 years (1888–1938).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1888–1892
- in service from
- 1888
- retired
- 1938
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Kitson and Company
- operators
- Great Southern Railway, Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0WT
- length
- 6.1 m
- weight
- 17.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927453, Wikipedia: WAGR S class (1888) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.