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New South Wales AD60 class locomotive
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1952· class of 42 four-cylinder 4-8-4+4-8-4 Garratt locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSWGR Class AD.60 Locomotive: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
- 2. AD60 Beyer Garratt: Johncatsoulis at English Wikipedia (John Catsoulis / [email protected])· Public domain
- 3. AD60 class Beyer-Garratt Locomotive No. 6022 Newcastle NSW c.1968: Frank Stamford· CC BY 2.0
- 4. AD60 class Beyer-Garratt Locomotive No. 6022, Newcastle NSW c.1968: Frank Stamford· CC BY 2.0
- 5. NSWGR AD60 Class Locomotive 6040 a: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. NSWGR AD60 Class Locomotive 6040 b: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. NSWGR AD60 Class Locomotive 6040 c: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. NSWGR AD60 Class Locomotive 6040 d: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. NSWGR AD60 Class Locomotive: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
- 10. NSWGR Class AD60 Locomotive: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The New South Wales AD60 class were Beyer-Garratt patent articulated four-cylinder, simple, non-condensing, coal-fired superheated, 4-8-4+4-8-4 heavy goods steam locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Company for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- Weighs about as much as 42 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 32.9 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 21 years (1952–1973).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1952–1956
- in service from
- 1952
- retired
- 1973
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 47
- 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
- length
- 32.9 m
- weight
- 255 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1961526, Wikipedia: New South Wales AD60 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.