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WAGR U class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1903· class of 1 Australian 0-6-0CT locomotive
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. U7, original condition with crane: Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR)· Public domain
- 2. WAGR U class (1903) works photo: unknown - works photo - photographer not identified· Public domain
what is it?
The WAGR U class was a single 0-6-0 tank locomotive operated by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) from 1904 until 1940.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 37 years (1903–1940).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- Western Australian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
- length
- 8.2 m
- weight
- 35.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927520, Wikipedia: WAGR U class (1903) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.