What is WAGR Pr class?
{{no sources|date=November 2023}} [[File:WAGR 521 (5360009156).jpg|thumb|Pr class No. 521 ''Ashburton'' on display at Bassendean in 2006.]] The '''WAGR Pr class''' were a total of 18 express [[Steam locomotive|steam]] [[Locomotive|locomotives]] operated by the [[Western Australian Government Railways]] (WAGR) from 1938 to 1970. The Pr class (also officially known as the ''River'' class) were the result of building new locomotives to standard [[WAGR P class (1924)|P class]] specifications with modifications at [[Midland Railway Workshops]]. The Pr class were named after [[River|rivers]] in [[Western Australia]] and operated almost exclusively on the [[Eastern Goldfields Railway]] during their passenger hauling career. Upon the event of dieselisation, the Pr and P class were re-assigned to [[Cargo|goods]] work which they performed adequately until the demise of steam on the WAGR. The last Pr class, No. 521 (138) was withdrawn from service in 1970, it is now preserved and on display at the [[Bassendean Railway Museum]]. [[File:Steam pr521.JPG|thumb|No. 521 ''Ashburton'' in 2007.]] [[Category:Western Australian Government Railways locomotives]] {{Transport-stub}} {{Technology-stub}}