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New South Wales D59 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1952· class of 20 Australian two-cylinder 2-8-2 locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. New South Wales Railway Museum 40: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. New South Wales D59 class locomotive No.5910 - NSWRTM Thirlmere NSW - January 2009: Jack Heywood· Public domain
- 3. NSWGR D59 Class Locomotive 5916 a: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. NSWGR D59 Class Locomotive 5916 b: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. NSWGR D59 Class Locomotive 5916 c: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. NSWGR D59 Class Locomotive 5916 d: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. NSWGR Locomotive 5916 Number: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. NSWGR Locomotive 5916: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. 5917 at Coolalie NSW: Androo Aus· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 5917 at South Maitland Railway yards, 5.4.2014: Barnesy Barnes· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 59 class is a class of steam locomotive built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation for the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 20 years (1952–1972).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1952–1953
- in service from
- 1952
- retired
- 1972
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- weight
- 91 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011705, Wikipedia: New South Wales D59 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.