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Tasmanian Government Railways M class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1912· class of 2 Australian 4-4-2+2-4-4 Garratt locomotives
what is it?
The Tasmanian Government Railways M class was a class of 2 4-4-2+2-4-4 Garratt 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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 19 years (1912–1931).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- in service from
- 1912
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways, Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-2+2-4-4
- weight
- 96.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23937015, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways M class (1912) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.