What is WAGR U class (1903)?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:WAGR U class (1903) works photo.jpg|thumb|Builder's photo of U class No. 7 in 1903 by Vulcan Foundry.]] The '''WAGR U class''' was a single small [[Side tank locomotive|side]] [[Tank locomotive|tank]] [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[locomotive]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1904 to 1940. The U class was built in 1903 by [[Vulcan Foundry]] of [[Newton-le-Willows]], [[England]] with a [[Crane (machine)|crane]] that could lift up to three tons. It was numbered 7 and used exclusively at [[Midland Railway Workshops]]. In 1925 No. 7 was rebuilt with the crane being removed and fuel capacity increased. It continued in service until 1940 when it was withdrawn and scrapped. [[File:U7, original condition with crane.jpg|thumb|U class No. 7 at Midland Workshops, around 1904 in original condition.]] [[File:U7, rebuilt condition minus crane.jpg|thumb|No. 7 as rebuilt without crane, shunting at Midland workshops complex in 1926.]] [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}