#1895

Queensland C17 class locomotive

🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Armstrong Whitworth· from 1920· class of 227 Australian 4–8–0 locomotives

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Gympie: nellring· CC BY 2.0
2. ARHS Qld, Queensland C17 'Brown Bomber' 4-8-0, 720 'Ken Biggs' (1): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
3. ARHS Qld, Queensland C17 'Brown Bomber' 4-8-0, 720 'Ken Biggs' (11): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
4. ARHS Qld, Queensland C17 'Brown Bomber' 4-8-0, 720 'Ken Biggs' (14): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
5. ARHS Qld, Queensland C17 'Brown Bomber' 4-8-0, 720 'Ken Biggs' (17): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
6. ARHS Qld, Queensland C17 'Brown Bomber' 4-8-0, 720 'Ken Biggs' (19): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
7. ARHS Qld, Queensland C17 'Brown Bomber' 4-8-0, 720 'Ken Biggs' (21): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
8. ARHS Qld, Queensland C17 'Brown Bomber' 4-8-0, 720 'Ken Biggs' (24): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
9. ARHS Qld, Queensland C17 'Brown Bomber' 4-8-0, 720 'Ken Biggs' (26): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
10. ARHS Qld, Queensland C17 'Brown Bomber' 4-8-0, 720 'Ken Biggs' (29): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The Queensland Railways C17 class locomotive are a class of 4-8-0 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

built: 1920–1953
in service from: 1920
status: preserved
number built: 227
kind: Steam
traction: steam
origin: 🇦🇺 Australia
builders: Armstrong Whitworth, Clyde Engineering, Walkers Limited, Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co, North Ipswich Railway Workshops
operators: Queensland Rail
top speed: —
power: —
gauge: 1,067 mm Cape gauge
wheel arrangement: 4-8-0
length: 16.2 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.