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MRWA B class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1891· class of 9 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The MRWA B class was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives built by Hawthorn Leslie in Tyneside, England, for the Midland Railway of Western Australia (MRWA). The class's wheel arrangement was 4-4-0.
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 135 years ago, in 1891.
- 492 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 13.1 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1891
- in service from
- 1891
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company
- operators
- Midland Railway of Western Australia
- top speed
- —
- power
- 492 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 13.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6717628, Wikipedia: MRWA B class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.