#3031
Silverton Tramway W class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1951· Australian Steam Locomotive
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- 1. BrokenHillSilvertonTramwayLocomotive: Mattinbgn· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Silverton Tramway W class was a class of 4-8-2 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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 10 years (1951–1961).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1951
- in service from
- 1951
- retired
- 1961
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- designer
- Frederick Mills, Beyer, Peacock & Co
- operators
- Southern & Silverton Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- length
- 18.6 m
- weight
- 104 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23926703, Wikipedia: Silverton Tramway W class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.