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South Australian Railways Ge class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1897· class of 2 Australian 4-4-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways Ge Class No. 165: Lionel Kingsborough· Public domain
what is it?
The South Australian Railways Ge class locomotives were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company for the Glenelg Railway Company in 1897, entering service as numbers 11 and 12. They entered service on the South Australian Railways (SAR) as Ge class Nos. 165 and 166 on 16 December 1899 following the purchase of the Glenelg Railway 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 129 years ago, in 1897.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 38 years (1897–1935).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1897
- in service from
- 1897
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways, Glenelg Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 7.6 m
- weight
- 28.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q66037953, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways Ge class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.