#0271
South Australian Railways J class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1872· class of 2 Australian 0-6-0 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railway locomotive: Unknown author Unknown author· CC0
- 2. South Australian Railway J class locomotive (builder's photo): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The two locomotives comprising the South Australian Railways J class were the only steam locomotives with a 0-6-0 wheel arrangement ever operated by the railway. They went into service in August 1875 and were condemned more than five decades later, in 1929 and 1932.
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 154 years ago, in 1872.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.1 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 59 years (1875–1934).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1872
- in service from
- 1875
- retired
- 1934
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 13.1 m
- weight
- 57 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24997971, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways J class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.