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Sudan Railways 250 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1936· class of 10 African 4-6-4+4-6-4 locomotives, later sold to Rhodesia
what is it?
The Sudan Railways 250 class was a class of ten 4-6-4+4-6-4 Garratt locomotives. It was one of only two classes of "Double Baltic" Garratts. – the other class being the Rhodesia Railways 15th class.
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 90 years ago, in 1936.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1936–1937
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4+4-6-4
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2207765, Wikipedia: Sudan Railways 250 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.