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Tasmanian Government Railways C class
England ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1885· class of 27 Australian 2-6-0 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Locomotives West Coast Pioneers Museum Zeehan: Bluedawe· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. CC17 in Hobart (11682776706): Trainiac from Australia· Public domain
what is it?
The Tasmanian Government Railways C class is a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government 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 141 years ago, in 1885.
- Weighs about as much as 7 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
- 1885–1907
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 27
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- England
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
- weight
- 42.7 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23926709, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways C class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.