What is WAGR S class (1888)?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:S162, Toongabbie.jpg|thumb|S class No. 162 (as No. 1) at Prospect Quarry in Toongabbie, New South Wales around 1938.]] The '''WAGR S class''' were a pair of small [[Well tank locomotives|well]]-[[Tank locomotives|tank]] [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated originally by the [[Great Southern Railway of Western Australia|Great Southern Railway]] (GSR) and later by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1888 to 1916. The S class were built by [[Kitson and Company|Kitson & Coy]] of [[Leeds]], [[England]] in 1888 and 1892 for use at [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]] as shunters for the Great Southern Railway, in 1896 the GSR was taken over by the WAGR, and both were withdrawn in 1915 and 1916. Both were sold to the [[Australia|Australian federal government]] to help in the construction of [[Henderson Naval Base]] in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] (near [[Cockburn, Western Australia|Cockburn]]). In 1923 both were transferred to [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]] to construct [[Parliament of Australia|Parliament House]], the new base of the Australian [[government]]. In 1927 both were sold once more to [[New South Wales|NSW]] Associated [[Blue Metal]] [[Quarry|Quarries]], carrying numbers 1 and 2. No. 2 was scrapped in 1932 at Bass Point Quarry in [[Shellharbour, New South Wales|Shellharbour]], while No. 1 lasted a bit longer and after operating at [[Prospect, New South Wales|Prospect]] Quarry, it was scrapped in 1938. [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] [[Category:Great Southern Railway of Western Australia locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}