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WAGR K class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Neilson and Company· from 1893· class of 24 Australian 2-8-4T locomotives
what is it?
The K-class was a class of 2-8-4T steam locomotives of the Western Australian Government Railways
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 133 years ago, in 1893.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1893
- in service from
- 1893
- status
- retired
- number built
- 24
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Neilson and Company
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-4T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946434, Wikipedia: WAGR K class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.