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WAGR S class
The WAGR S Class is a class of 1067mm narrow gauge 4-8-2 Mountain-type steam locomotives built by the Western Australian Government Railways, with construction beginning in 1943.
The class was initially intended for service on both passenger and goods services on the Eastern Goldfields Railway between Perth and Kalgoorlie, though following the Second World War they worked primarily on the South West mainline. After suffering from a range of early problems (which led to controversy involving the designer Frederick Mills) the class became highly popular and was very successful, remaining in service until the very end of steam operation in Western Australia in 1972.〔
The locomotives were given running-board nameplates and were named after Western Australian mountains, following the tradition established 5 years earlier with the Pr Class pacifics, which were named after Western Australian rivers.〔Gunzburg 1984, p. 117.〕
==Details of Design==
The S Class locomotives were built as ''Mountain'' types, with a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement, a configuration commonly used in Australia for heavy goods locomotives, smaller driving wheels giving increased power output but with reduced speed.
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