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Tasmanian Government Railways X class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by English Electric· from 1950· class of 32 Australian Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotives
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TGR X1 locomotive: Hothguard11· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Tasmanian Government Railways X class locomotive X3 at the Bellarine Railway - May 2014 - 03: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Tasmanian Government Railways X class locomotive X4 at the Don River Railway - September 2016: Steven Penton· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Tasmanian Government Railways X class locomotive X20 at the Bellarine Railway - May 2014: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Tasmanian Government Railways X class locomotive X3 at the Bellarine Railway - May 2014 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Tasmanian Government Railways X class locomotive X3 at the Bellarine Railway - May 2014 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The X class is a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric for the Tasmanian Government Railways between 1950 and 1952. They were the first class of diesel locomotive to enter mainline service on a government owned railway in 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 76 years ago, in 1950.
- 492 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 10.4 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 38 years (1950–1988).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1950–1952
- in service from
- 1950
- retired
- 1988
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 32
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- English Electric, Dick, Kerr & Co., Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways, AN Tasrail
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 492 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- length
- 10.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7670179, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways X class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.