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The WAGR A class was a class of steam locomotives designed by Beyer Peacock & Co and used by the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) between 1881 and 1958. The class’s wheel arrangement was 2-6-0.The first A class engine was ordered new from Beyer Peacock by John Robb the contractor for the construction of the first section of the Eastern Railway between Fremantle and Guildford. It arrived in Western Australia in 1880.