What is WAGR F class?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:WAGR F class at Collie Railway Memorial, April 2022 04.jpg|thumb|F class No. 452 on display at Collie in 2022.]] The '''WAGR F class''' were a total of 57 freight [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1902 to 1972. The F class were built by [[Dübs and Company|Dübs & Coy]] of [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] and later its successor the [[North British Locomotive Company|North British Locomotive Coy]] from 1902 to 1913 as 4-8-0 locomotives for use on [[Cargo|goods]] [[Train|trains]]. Throughout their years of service, they were frequently fitted with experimental equipment. [[Superheater|Superheating]] of the F class began in 1924 and continued up to 1948 - resulting in the [[WAGR Fs class|Fs class]], though when they were relegated to shunting duties in the 1950s they were rebuilt to normal saturated locomotives for [[Economics|economic]] reasons. Two of the F class are preserved, No. 398 (452) at [[Collie, Western Australia|Collie]], and Fs class No. 460 (407) at [[Bassendean Railway Museum]]. [[File:1926 testing on rebuilt Fremantle railway bridge.jpg|thumb|F class No. 399 with a [[WAGR D class|D class]] tank engine, testing the rebuilt Fremantle railway bridge in 1926.]] [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}