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South Australian Railways Q class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Dübs and Company· from 1885· class of 22 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The South Australian Railways Q class were steam locomotives constructed between 1885 and 1892 by Dübs and Company and James Martin & Co for the South Australian Railways (SAR).
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 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 71 years (1885–1956).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1885–1892
- in service from
- 1885
- retired
- 1956
- status
- retired
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Dübs and Company, James Martin and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 14.3 m
- weight
- 58.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q66736913, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways Q class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.