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Queensland B9½ class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by John Fowler & Co.· from 1924· class of 3 Australian 0-6-2 locomotives
what is it?
The Queensland Railways B9½ class locomotive was a class of 0-6-2 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland 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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Served for 36 years (1924–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924
- in service from
- 1924
- retired
- 1960
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- John Fowler & Co.
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28126931, Wikipedia: Queensland B9½ class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.