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Tasmanian Government Railways J class
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans· from 1901· class of 1 Australian 2-6-4-0T locomotive
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tasmanian Government railways locomotive (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907): Andy Dingley (scanner)· Public domain
what is it?
The Tasmanian Government Railways J class was a one locomotive class of 2-6-4-0T steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways. It was known as Hagan's Patent.
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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 9 years (1901–1910).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1910
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-4-0T
- weight
- 53.8 t
- nicknames
- Hagan's Patent
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23022056, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways J class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.