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South Australian Railways T class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Islington Railway Workshops· from 1903· class of 78 Australian 4-8-0 locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways T class loco no 185 and grain cars on Wilmington line near Laura, ca 1969 (HSWilliams): Hugh S. Williams· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The South Australian Railways T class is a class of seventy-eight 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge 4-8-0 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways. Several were sold to the Tasmanian Government Railways; some others operated on the Commonwealth Railways. Five were converted to operate on 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad-gauge lines.
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 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 67 years (1903–1970).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903–1917
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1970
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 78
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Islington Railway Workshops, James Martin and Company, Walkers Limited
- operators
- South Australian Railways, Tasmanian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-0
- length
- 15.9 m
- weight
- 79.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7566152, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways T class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.