#0474
South Australian Railways X class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1881· class of 8 Australian 2-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways X class locomotive no 47: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South Australian Railways X class was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways on its narrow-gauge lines.
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 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 63 years (1881–1944).
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
- 1944
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- weight
- 39.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7566154, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways X class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.