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WAGR Q class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1896· class of 6 Australian 4-6-2T locomotives
what is it?
The WAGR Q class was a six-member class of 4-6-2T tank engine steam locomotives operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1896 and 1925.
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 130 years ago, in 1896.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10.4 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 29 years (1896–1925).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1896
- in service from
- 1896
- retired
- 1925
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2T
- length
- 10.4 m
- weight
- 41.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927398, Wikipedia: WAGR Q class (1895) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.