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South Australian Railways W class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1877· class of 35 Australian 2-6-0 locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways W class loco no 34 and short mixed train, SE Div, ca 1880: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. North Australian Historic Railway: Reinhard Dietrich· Public domain
- 3. Steam Engine at Pine Creek Museum - panoramio: Lobster1· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The South Australian Railways W and Wx class is a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways. Some were used by the Commonwealth Railways in the Northern Territory and by contractors.
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 149 years ago, in 1877.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1877–1882
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways, Commonwealth Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- weight
- 19.1 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7566153, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways W class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.