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Queensland B15 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Nasmyth, Wilson and Company· from 1889· class of 98 Australian 4-6-0 locomotives
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- 1. British built locomotive used by Queensland Railways (4731978754): State Library of Queensland, Australia· No restrictions
what is it?
The Queensland Railways B15 class locomotive is an old class of 4-6-0 engines 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 137 years ago, in 1889.
- 13.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1889–1899
- in service from
- 1889
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 98
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Nasmyth, Wilson and Company, Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co, Yorkshire Engine Company, Walkers Limited
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 13.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28428457, Wikipedia: Queensland B15 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.