What is WAGR K class?
{{no sources|date=October 2023}} [[File:Steam K35.jpg|thumb|K class No. 35 at Kalgoorlie in 1946.]] The '''WAGR K class''' were a total of 24 heavy [[Cargo|freight]] [[Side tank locomotive|side]] [[Tank locomotive|tank]] [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1893 to 1964. The K class were built by [[Neilson and Company|Neilson & Coy]] of [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] from 1893 to 1898 for work on heavy [[Cargo|goods]] [[Train|trains]] on the [[Eastern Railway (Western Australia)|Eastern Railway]] where upon their arrival they totally outclassed the [[WAGR B class|B]], [[WAGR G class|G]] and later [[WAGR O class|O classes]]. Some were [[Superheater|superheated]] from 1915 to 1916, and one in 1929 as the [[WAGR Ks class|Ks class]] however this was not a great success as by this time they were being used as shunters reducing the [[Economics|economic]] efficiency. When the [[WAGR F class|F class]] arrived in 1902 the K class was reallocated to the [[South Western Railway (Western Australia)|South Western mainline]] to [[Collie, Western Australia|Collie]], replacing the O class on goods traffic. After handling local goods around [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] and [[Kalgoorlie]] along with other regional centres they became relegated to purely shunting roles by the 1920s. The last K class was withdrawn in 1964, all were scrapped. [[File:K class + pipe train, ca. 1902.jpg|thumb|No. 37 hauling a train of pipes for the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme in 1902.]] [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}