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South Australian Railways S class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by James Martin and Company· from 1894· class of 18 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways S Class, Murray Bridge, South Australia, 1951: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. South Australian Railways S class locomotive no 17, Tailem Bend, 28 Jan 1952 (SLSA B 58892-381): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The South Australian Railways S class was a class of 4-4-0 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 132 years ago, in 1894.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 66 years (1894–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1894–1904
- in service from
- 1894
- retired
- 1960
- status
- retired
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- James Martin and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0 (2′B 2′2′)
- length
- 17.4 m
- weight
- 39.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19582103, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways S class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.