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WAGR S class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Midland Railway Workshops· from 1943· class of 10 Australian 4-8-2 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Steam S549Greenmount: Corporal29· CC BY 3.0
- 2. East Perth Public Transport Centre WAGR S class steam locomotive: Steelkamp· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The WAGR S class was a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives built by the Midland Railway Workshops between 1943 and 1947 and operated by the 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 83 years ago, in 1943.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1943–1947
- retired
- 1972
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Midland Railway Workshops
- designer
- Frederick Mills
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- weight
- 121 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946446, Wikipedia: WAGR S class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.