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South Australian Railways V class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1876· class of 8 Australian 0-4-4T locomotives
what is it?
The South Australian Railways V class was a class of 0-4-4 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways.
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 150 years ago, in 1876.
- Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 63 years (1877–1940).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1876–1893
- in service from
- 1877
- retired
- 1940
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, James Martin and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-4
- length
- 6.4 m
- weight
- 12.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23926727, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways V class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.