#0326
Tasmanian Government Railways E class
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1874· class of 7 Australian 4-6-0T locomotives
what is it?
The Tasmanian Government Railways E class was a class of 4-6-0T steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Main Line Company and later 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 152 years ago, in 1874.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1874
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways, Rio Tinto, Tasmanian Main Line Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0T
- weight
- 33.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23926710, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways E class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.