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South Australian Railways 710 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Islington Railway Workshops· from 1928· class of 10 Australian 2-8-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways 712, Eden Hills, South Australia, 1951: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South Australian Railways 710 class was a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian 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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Weighs about as much as 30 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1928–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1929
- in service from
- 1928
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Islington Railway Workshops
- designer
- Fred Shea
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2 1′D1′ 2′2′
- length
- 22.3 m
- weight
- 178 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18379692, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways 710 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.