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Queensland A10 Baldwin class locomotive

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1879· class of 2 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives

1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Queensland Railways A10 Baldwin Class, No. 1 (1886-1890): ARHS Unidentified Collection· Public domain

what is it?

The A10 Baldwin class steam locomotive was a 4-4-0 locomotive of the Queensland Railways (QR). The locomotives operated on 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge. The “A”, is used to identify the number of coupled wheels, being four coupled wheels for the A10 class, followed by numerals indicating the cylinder diameter of ten inches.

who runs it

Queensland Railways

base stats

built 2made in total

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 147 years ago, in 1879.

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

spec sheet

built: 1879
number built: 2
kind: Steam
traction: steam
origin: 🇺🇸 United States
builders: Baldwin Locomotive Works
operators: Queensland Railways
top speed: —
power: —
gauge: 1,067 mm Cape gauge
wheel arrangement: 4-4-0

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

Sources: Wikidata Q7270882, Wikipedia: Queensland A10 Baldwin class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.