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WAGR V class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns· from 1955· class of 24 Australian 2-8-2 locomotives
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- 1. WAGR V class locomotive V1213: Zzrbiker· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The WAGR V class was the last class of steam locomotive to enter service with the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR). The class was part of the post war regeneration plan for the WAGR, intended for the heavy coal traffic between the Collie coal fields and Perth.
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 17 years (1955–1972).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1972
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 24
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 21 m
- weight
- 81.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7946448, Wikipedia: WAGR V class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.