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South Australian Railways N class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1881· class of 2 Australian 4-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways N Class No. 53: State Library of South Australia· Public domain
what is it?
The South Australian Railways N class locomotives were built in 1881 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the South Australian Railways (S.A.R.). They were rebuilt in 1904, which vastly improved their performance and completely changed their look from a typical American locomotive of the time to a more British one.
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 145 years ago, in 1881.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 46 years (1881–1927).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1881
- in service from
- 1881
- retired
- 1927
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 17.4 m
- weight
- 84.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q66103124, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways N class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.