#2357
WAGR ASA class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Sentinal Cammell Co.· from 1931· Australian steam railcar
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ASA 445, Midland, 1931: Western Australian Government Railways· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR ASA class was a steam railcar operated between 1931 and about 1954 by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR). In 1959, it was converted into track recording car ALT 88. It was withdrawn from service in 1992 and sent to Boyanup Transport Museum for preservation.
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 95 years ago, in 1931.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1931–1954).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1931
- in service from
- 1931
- retired
- 1954
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam railcar
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Sentinal Cammell Co.
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- 75 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- length
- 19.5 m
- weight
- 31.5 t
- capacity
- 52 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088455, Wikipedia: WAGR ASA class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.