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South Australian Railways I class (second)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1888· class of 1 Australian 0-4-0T locomotive
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways I Class (2nd) No. 161: Lionel Kingsborough· Public domain
what is it?
The South Australian Railways I class locomotive entered service on the South Australian Railways as No. 161 on 9 December 1910.
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 138 years ago, in 1888.
- Served for 41 years (1888–1929).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1888
- in service from
- 1888
- retired
- 1929
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0ST
- length
- 6.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q66099425, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways I class (second) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.