What is WAGR M class (1875)?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:Whittakers 24, North Dandalup Mill.jpg|thumb|M class No. 24 at North Dandalup in-service with Whittaker Bros.]] The '''WAGR M class''' were a total of two [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1876 to 1911. The WAGR M class were built by [[Kitson and Company|Kitson & Coy]] of [[Leeds]], [[England]] in 1875 for the [[Northern Railway (Western Australia)|Northern Railway]] from [[Geraldton, Western Australia|Geraldton]] to [[Northampton, Western Australia|Northampton]], this being the first [[government]] [[Rail transport|railway]] in [[Western Australia]]. Both engines were used extensively on this line due to its isolation from the rest of the system and the failure of the [[WAGR E class (1879)|E class]]. On the Northern Railway, they were numbered 1 and 2 but were renumbered to 23 and 24 in 1891. In 1893 both engines were reallocated to [[Fremantle]] to be used on the [[Eastern Railway (Western Australia)|Eastern Railway]] from Fremantle to [[Guildford, Western Australia|Guildford]]. No. 24 was sold to [[Whittaker Brothers]] in 1907, while No. 23 was sold in 1911 to [[Bunnings Warehouse|Bunning Brothers]]. No. 23 was withdrawn from [[Lumber|timber]] service in 1946 before being scrapped in 1958; No. 24 was named ''[[Dandalup, Western Australia|Dandalup]]'' and sold to Bunning Brothers who numbered it 4 before scrapping it in 1955. [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}