#0753
New South Wales Z26 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1892· class of 20 Australian 2-6-2T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSWGR Class Z26 Locomotive: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The 26 class (formerly I.17 class) is a class of steam locomotives built by Dübs & Company for the New South Wales Government Railways of Australia.
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 134 years ago, in 1892.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 78 years (1892–1970).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1892
- in service from
- 1892
- retired
- 1970
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Dübs and Company
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-2
- weight
- 66.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011825, Wikipedia: New South Wales Z26 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.