#1604
Silverton Tramway A class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1912· Australian steam locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Silverton A21, NRM, 2014: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Silverton Tramway A class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the Silverton Tramway Company.
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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912–1915
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Southern & Silverton Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- weight
- 59.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23926702, Wikipedia: Silverton Tramway A class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.