What is WAGR Q class (1895)?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:Q139, Rocky Bay, 1905.jpg|thumb|Q class No. 139 at Westralia Ironworks, Rocky Bay, North Fremantle in 1905.]] The '''WAGR Q class''' were a total of 6 [[Side tank locomotives|side]] [[Tank locomotive|tank]] [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1896 to 1925. The Q class were originally ordered from [[R. and W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company Limited|R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Coy]] of [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], [[England]], however, two similar locos built previously for the [[Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique]] in [[Mozambique]] were cancelled before shipment and in 1896 were sold to the WAGR along with four more engines as part of the original order built from 1896 to 1897. They were employed as shunters at [[Midland, Western Australia|Midland]] and [[Fremantle]], with four of the class rebuilt into [[WAGR Qa class|Qa class]] locos from 1905 to 1909. All 6 of the class were withdrawn and scrapped between 1924 and 1925, having worked on various lines around the network. [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}