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WAGR Pm and Pmr classes
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1949· class of 19+16 Australian 4-6-2 locomotives
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- 1. WAGR 701 (5359396093): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The WAGR Pm and Pmr classes were two classes of 4-6-2 tender engine steam locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1950 and the early 1970s.
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 77 years ago, in 1949.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 22 years (1950–1972).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1949–1950
- in service from
- 1950
- retired
- 1972
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 19.2 m
- weight
- 111 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927392, Wikipedia: WAGR Pm and Pmr classes (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.