What is WAGR N class?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:WAGR 201 (5360007720).jpg|thumb|N class No. 201 stored at Bassendean in 2006.]] The '''WAGR N class''' were a total of 42 [[Side tank locomotive|side]] [[Tank locomotive|tank]] [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] from 1896 to 1960. The WAGR N class was originally built in 1896 by [[Neilson and Company|Neilson & Coy]] of [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] for suburban passenger-working around [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] on the [[Eastern Railway (Western Australia)|Eastern Railway]] between [[Fremantle]] and [[Midland, Western Australia|Midland]] and later on the [[Kalgoorlie]]-[[Boulder, Western Australia|Boulder]] [[Kalgoorlie-Boulder Loop Line|Loop Line]]. In 1898-99 [[Robert Stephenson and Company|Robert Stephenson & Coy]] of [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], [[England]] constructed another twelve adding to the original five, along with another fifteen by [[Nasmyth, Wilson and Company|Nasmyth, Wilson & Coy]] of [[Salford]], [[England]] in 1901. [[Midland Railway Workshops|Midland Workshops]] built ten more N class from 1907 to 1908 using parts from the [[WAGR O class|O class]], this technically being the first class built in-house by the WAGR. All were allocated to Perth by the mid-1930s with all being withdrawn by late 1960. No. 201, built in 1898 by ''Robert Stephenson & Coy'', is preserved at [[Australian Railway Historical Society|ARHS]] [[Bassendean Railway Museum]] ([[Rail Heritage W.A.]]), though it is currently stored in the workshops complex on-site. [[File:N86, Perth Yard, 1926.jpg|thumb|N class No. 86 shunting the ''Kalgoorlie Express'' at Perth yard in 1926.]] [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}