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Queensland PB15 class locomotive

🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co· from 1899· class of 233 Australian 4-6-0 locomotives

🚂 steam locomotive steam preserved
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. StateLibQld 2 164771 Locomotive PB15 class, no. 591, built by Toowoomba Foundry Co. in 1912: Toowoomba Foundry Company; Contributor(s): Toowoomba Foundry Company· Public domain
  2. 2. ITM3580124 PB15 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE No 582 EAP LOCO DECORATED FOR ROYAL VISIT - PB15 1915. Dept No. QSA0666 X2794 L31: Queensland State Archives· CC0
  3. 3. PB15 732 Workshops Rail Museum: Dbromage· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. QPSR Australian 1908 steam train number 448 class PB15 (29107219867): Lance CASTLE from Ipswich Queensland, Australia· Public domain
  5. 5. QPSR, Queensland PB15 Class 4-6-0, 448, Box Flat Depot (1): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. QPSR, Queensland PB15 Class 4-6-0, 448, Box Flat Depot (2): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
  7. 7. QPSR, Queensland PB15 Class 4-6-0, 448, Box Flat Depot (3): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. QPSR, Queensland PB15 Class 4-6-0, 448, Box Flat Depot (4): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
  9. 9. QPSR, Queensland PB15 Class 4-6-0, 448, Box Flat Depot (5): Wyndt· CC BY-SA 3.0
  10. 10. Workshops Rail Museum (PB15 732): Batsv· CC BY-SA 4.0
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Queensland PB15 class locomotive, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Toowoomba Foundry Company; Contributor(s): Toowoomba Foundry Company· Public domain

what is it?

The Queensland Railways PB15 class locomotive is an old class of 4-6-0 steam engines operated by the Queensland Railways.

who runs it

Queensland Rail

base stats

  • weight 32 tin working order
  • built 233made in total

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 127 years ago, in 1899.
  • Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 71 years (1899–1970).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built
1899–1926
in service from
1899
retired
1970
status
preserved
number built
233
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇦🇺 Australia
builders
Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co, Kitson and Company, Walkers Limited, Toowoomba Foundry, North Ipswich Railway Workshops
designer
Henry Horniblow & LW Piggott
operators
Queensland Rail
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
wheel arrangement
4-6-0
length
14.3 m
weight
32 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q7270972, Wikipedia: Queensland PB15 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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