What is WAGR C class?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:C275, Midland Junction, 1926.jpg|thumb|C class No. 275 in rebuilt condition at Midland Junction, 1926.]] The '''WAGR C class''' were a total of 22 [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1902 to 1961. The C class were originally built by the [[Baldwin Locomotive Works]] (BLW) of [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States|USA]] in 1902 for use on mixed [[passenger]] services and [[mail]] [[Train|trains]] on the [[Eastern Railway (Western Australia)|Eastern Railway]], [[Eastern Goldfields Railway]], and the [[Great Southern Railway of Western Australia|Great Southern Railway]], later venturing further to the [[Northern Railway (Western Australia)|Northern Railway]] and [[South Western Railway (Western Australia)|South Western mainline]]. 10 of the class were built at [[Midland Railway Workshops]] as the [[WAGR Ca class|Ca class]], and the original was rebuilt from 1908 to 1918. From 1929 seventeen were [[Superheater|superheated]] becoming the [[WAGR Cs class|Cs class]]. Four were allocated to the Railway Department's own [[sawmill]] at [[Banksiadale, Western Australia|Banksiadale]] in the early 1950s becoming the last of the class in service and were sold off along with the sawmill in 1961, and after [[road]] [[transport]] rendered the [[Locomotive|locos]] surplus to requirements they were sent to [[Subiaco, Western Australia|Subiaco]] and scrapped in 1964. [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}