What is WAGR E class (1879)?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:E7, rebuilt, 1893.jpg|thumb|No. 7 as rebuilt.]] The '''WAGR E class''' were two [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR). The E class were double-[[Fairlie locomotive|fairlie]] [[side tank locomotive|side tank]] locomotives built in 1879 by the [[Avonside Engine Company|Avonside Engine Coy]] of [[Bristol]], [[England]] for the [[Northern Railway (Western Australia)|Northern Railway]] which ran from [[Geraldton, Western Australia|Geraldton]] to [[Northampton, Western Australia|Northampton]] and was the first [[government]] [[railway]] in [[Western Australia]]. However, the Northern Railway didn't require them due to declines in [[mineral]] traffic so they were stored. The first finally entered service in 1881 and the other in 1885, both were then transferred to the [[Eastern Railway (Western Australia)|Eastern Railway]] in 1888, with one-half of No. 20 being rebuilt at [[Fremantle Railway Workshops|Fremantle Workshops]] into a [[2-4-2]] side tank engine designated the [[WAGR F class (2-4-2)|F class]], the other became a [[Engine|stationary engine]] within the [[Workshop|workshops]] complex. The other E class, No. 7 was sold to the [[Lumber|timber]] [[industry]] in 1895 to [[Canning Jarrah Timber Company|Canning Jarrah Timber Coy]] to be used on the [[Upper Darling Range Railway]]. No. 7 was scrapped in 1897, with its side tanks [[Recycling|recycled]] as the tender of another locomotive, and other [[Component|components]] were used on [[Western Australian log haulers|log haulers]]. [[File:Avonside 1241-42, Geraldton, 1886.jpg|thumb|No. 7 in original condition at Geraldton, 1886.]] [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}