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South Australian Railways O class (first)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1880· class of 2 Australian 2-8-0 locomotives
what is it?
The South Australian Railways O class (1st) locomotives were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the South Australian Railways (SAR). They entered service in 1881 on the SAR system and were both withdrawn and scrapped by 1904.
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 146 years ago, in 1880.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1881–1904).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1880
- in service from
- 1881
- retired
- 1904
- 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
- 2-8-0
- length
- 16.2 m
- weight
- 78.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q66736290, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways O class (first) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.