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South Australian Railways L class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1879· class of 4 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways L class locomotive no. 38 in tank configuration (Beyer, Peacock builder's photo, 1879): Beyer, Peacock and Company· Public domain
what is it?
Four South Australian Railways L class broad-gauge locomotives with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement were built by Beyer, Peacock and Company in 1879 and entered service in March–April 1880. They were condemned in 1928 and 1931, and were subsequently scrapped.
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 147 years ago, in 1879.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 51 years (1880–1931).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1879
- in service from
- 1880
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Dübs and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 36.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q66100936, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways L class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.