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Commonwealth Railways D class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1880· class of 6 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSWGR Locomotive Q.158: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The Commonwealth Railways D class were a class of 4-4-0 construction and shunting locomotives built in 1880 by Beyer, Peacock and Company originally for the New South Wales Government Railways as their Q.158 class, and later the Commonwealth 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 146 years ago, in 1880.
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 30 years (1913–1943).
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
- 1913
- retired
- 1943
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways, Commonwealth Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0T (as built)
- length
- 14 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q104303155, Wikipedia: Commonwealth Railways D class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.