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Commonwealth Railways K class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1916· class of 8 Australian 2-8-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Commonwealth Railways K class was a class of 2-8-0 freight locomotives built in 1916 by North British Locomotive Company, United Kingdom, for the Commonwealth Railways, Australia.
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 110 years ago, in 1916.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1916
- in service from
- 1916
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- Commonwealth Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927245, Wikipedia: Commonwealth Railways K class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.