What is WAGR V class?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:WAGR V class at Collie Railway Memorial, April 2022 03.jpg|thumb|V class No. 1215 at Collie old station museum in 2022.]] The '''WAGR V class''' were a total of 24 large [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1955 to 1972. The V class were ordered in 1951 from [[Beyer, Peacock and Company|Beyer, Peacock & Coy]] but due to limited production capabilities Beyer, Peacock & Coy were forced to contract [[Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn Company|Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn]] of [[Darlington]], [[England]] to build them, though they still received Bayer, Peacock serial numbers. The design was modern and utilised quite modern technology for the time. When the V class entered service to haul heavy [[coal]] traffic from [[Collie, Western Australia|Collie]] on the [[South Western Railway (Western Australia)|South Western mainline]]. The V class had a dependable and free-steaming reputation among crews and witnesses, they later saw further service on the [[Great Southern Railway of Western Australia|Great Southern line]] from [[York, Western Australia|York]] to [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]]. Withdrawals began in 1971 and ended in 1972 with No. 1220 hauling the ''Farewell to Steam special'' from [[Brunswick Junction, Western Australia|Brunswick Junction]] to [[Collie, Western Australia|Collie]] marking the official end of steam on the WAGR. Four of the V class are preserved, one formerly based at [[Pemberton, Western Australia|Pemberton]] hauled the last mainline freight in [[Western Australia]] by steam in 1992 and last industrial use by steam in 2005, it was since moved to the [[Hotham Valley Railway]]. One is on display at Collie Old Station Museum, another at [[Australian Railway Historical Society|ARHS]] [[Rail Heritage W.A.]] [[Bassendean Railway Museum]], and the fourth is preserved at the [[Bellarine Railway|Bellarine Peninsula Railway]] in [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]. [[File:WAGR V