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Queensland Beyer-Garratt class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1950· class of 30 Australian 4-8-2+2-8-4 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Beyer-Garratt locomotive QCR no. 1009 at the Mayne Junction railway yard, 1950 (4731334285): State Library of Queensland, Australia· No restrictions
- 2. Garratt 1009 at Ipswich: Reef Thomspon· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Queensland Railways Beyer-Garratt class locomotive was a class of 4-8-2+2-8-4 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland 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 76 years ago, in 1950.
- 27.4 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 10 years (1950–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1950–1951
- in service from
- 1950
- retired
- 1960
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Société Franco-Belge
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2+2-8-4
- length
- 27.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7270908, Wikipedia: Queensland Beyer-Garratt class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.