What is WAGR Asg class?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:ASG55, Swan View, 1952.jpg|thumb|Asg class No. G55 going towards Swan View tunnel in 1952.]] The '''WAGR Asg class''' were a total of 25 [[Australian Standard Garratt|ASG]] [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1944 to 1957. The Asg class were purposefully built for [[war]] service in [[Western Australia]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]], they were part of the [[government]] scheme to build [[Australia|Australian]] Standard [[Garratt locomotive|Garratts]] (ASG) for [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge systems]] that required more motive power. They were not a great success and only provided temporary albeit much-needed relief before the class's own issues became too much. By 1958 all had been withdrawn, scrapped or sold. One that was built for Western Australia but never delivered is preserved and on display in [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]. [[File:ASG WA G26.jpg|thumb|No. G26 around 1943.]] [[File:ASG59, East Perth, 1948.jpg|thumb|No. G59 at East Perth in 1948.]] [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}