What is WAGR L class?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:L241, turntable, ca. 1925.jpg|thumb|L class No. 241 on a turntable in 1925.]] The '''WAGR L class''' were a total of 20 [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1924 to 1958. The L class were the result of significantly rebuilding the [[WAGR Ec class|Ec class]] [[Whyte notation|4-6-2]] heavy [[Cargo|goods]] engines with new [[Boiler|boilers]], cylinders, and valve gear at [[Midland Railway Workshops]]. They operated goods services from [[Northam, Western Australia|Northam]] to [[Wongan Hills, Western Australia|Wongan Hills]] and onto [[Mullewa, Western Australia|Mullewa]], while also running to [[Meekatharra, Western Australia|Meekatharra]] on the [[Northern Railway (Western Australia)|Northern Railway]]. One-point cylinder [[lubrication]] was first trialled on the L class being so successful that it became standard on all WAGR stock from then on. The class became riddled with metal fatigue in the 1930s, having new frames fitted to 14 of the class up until 1948. The L class were displaced by the [[WAGR W class|W class]] and the last was scrapped around 1965 == Gallery == <gallery> File:L classes + bagged wheat, Dalwallinu, 1929.jpg|L classes hauling bagged wheat at Dalwallinu in 1929. File:L class, Big Bell, 1937.jpg|L class at Big Bell in 1937. File:L253, Geraldton, 1941.jpg|No. 253 at Geraldton in 1941. </gallery> [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}