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6029
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1954· preserved New South Wales AD60 class 4-8-4+4-8-4 Garratt locomotive
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. AD6029 crossing the viaduct in North Wagga: Bidgee· CC BY-SA 3.0 au
- 2. NSWGR Locomotive AD6029 c: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. NSWGR Locomotive AD6029 d: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. NSWGR Locomotive AD6029 e: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
6029 is simple, non-condensing, superheated, 4-8-4+4-8-4 AD60 class Garratt steam locomotive built by Beyer, Peacock & Company, England, for the New South Wales Government Railways.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- Weighs about as much as 42 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 18 years (1954–1972).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1972
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-4+4-8-4
- weight
- 255 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16926839, Wikipedia: 6029 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.