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Rhodesia Railways 16A class

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. 0992 VictoriaFallsToBulawayoZimbabwe 19920805: MaltaGC (Nigel Tout)· CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Ex NRZ Class 16A 615 (25755500205): Bob Adams from Amanzimtoti, South Africa· CC BY-SA 2.0
3. NRZ Class16A (605 A W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
4. NRZ Class16A (605 B W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
5. NRZ Class16A (607 A W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
6. NRZ Class16A (607 B W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. NRZ Class16A (607 C W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. NRZ Class16A (607 D W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. NRZ Class16A (607 E W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. NRZ CLass16A (607 F W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Rhodesia Railways 16A class, will later become Zambia Railways and National Railways of Zimbabwe 16A classes.

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.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

built: 1952–1953
retired: 1990
status: retired
number built: 30
kind: Steam
traction: steam
origin: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders: Beyer, Peacock and Company
operators: National Railways of Zimbabwe, Zambia Railways, Rhodesia Railways
top speed: —
power: —
gauge: 1,067 mm Cape gauge
wheel arrangement: 2-8-2+2-8-2
length: 25 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.