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South Australian Railways E class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company· from 1862· class of 7 Australian 2-4-0T locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways E class locomotive number 14: Unknown author Unknown author· CC0
- 2. South Australian Railways E class locomotive no. 56 at Gawler: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South Australian Railways E class was a class of 2-4-0 steam locomotives acquired to work passenger and goods train services on the South Australian Railways broad-gauge system.
who runs it
base stats
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.
fun facts
- First built 164 years ago, in 1862.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 67 years (1862–1929).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1862–1882
- in service from
- 1862
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company, Slaughter, Grüning and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways, Canterbury Provincial Railways, Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- length
- 7.9 m
- weight
- 32.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24892768, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways E class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.