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Queensland B12 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1874· class of 25 Australian 2-6-0 locomotives with 12-inch cylinder bore
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. B12 locomotive and early coach: Queensland State Archives· PDM-owner
- 2. B12 no. 17 locomotive, built by Dubs in 1882 (4731978546): State Library of Queensland, Australia· No restrictions
- 3. B12 Steam locomotive No. 14 on the Central Line, 1878: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Queensland Railways B12 class locomotive is a class of 2-6-0 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 152 years ago, in 1874.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1874–1882
- in service from
- 1874
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Kitson and Company, Avonside Engine Company, Dübs and Company, Neilson and Company, North Ipswich Railway Workshops
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7270902, Wikipedia: Queensland B12 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.