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Queensland Double Boilered Cross locomotive

🇦🇺 Australia ·built by James Cross & Co· from 1867

what is it?

The Queensland Railways Double Boilered Cross Locomotives class locomotive was a locomotive class of 0-6-6-0T steam locomotives built for, but never operated by, the Queensland Railways.

who runs it

base stats

  • built 3made 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 159 years ago, in 1867.

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

spec sheet

built
1867
status
retired
number built
3
kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇦🇺 Australia
builders
James Cross & Co
operators
Queensland Rail, Central Argentine Railway, Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway
top speed
—
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
wheel arrangement
0-6-6-0

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

Sources: Wikidata Q28428462, Wikipedia: Queensland Double Boilered Cross locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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