#2731
WAGR U class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1942· class of 14 Australian 4-6-2 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WAGR 655 (5361196894): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. WAGR 655 (5359397017): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The WAGR U class was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1946 and the late 1960s. One was rebuilt as a 4-6-4 tank locomotive.
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 84 years ago, in 1942.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 24 years (1946–1970).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1942
- in service from
- 1946
- retired
- 1970
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 14
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- U: 4-6-2
- length
- 18.3 m
- weight
- 109 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927519, Wikipedia: WAGR U class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.