#0379
Queensland A10 Ipswich class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by North Ipswich Railway Workshops· from 1877· class of 1 Australian 2-4-0 locomotive
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. StateLibQld 1 69723 A10 class steam locomotive no. 36, built at Ipswich workshops in 1877: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 2. A10 (Neilson built) and train at Ipswich Workshop: Queensland State Archives· PDM-owner
- 3. A10 class steam locomotive no. 36, built at Ipswich workshops in 1877 (4731334759): State Library of Queensland, Australia· No restrictions
- 4. A10 Fairlie class steam locomotive: Queensland Government Railways (Life time: Public)· Public domain
- 5. A10 No.6 Workshops Rail Museum: Dbromage· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. ITM3580416 FIRST TRAIN CREW and PASSENGERS BY SIDE OF A10 B CLASS LOCO Dept No.QSA0958 E281: Queensland State Archives· CC0
- 7. QR heritage loco A10 no. 6 on its first trip after restoration ~1990: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. QR heritage loco A10 no. 6 on the Main Line to Toowoomba ~1990: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. QR heritage loco A10 no. 6 on the Toowoomba Range ~1990: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. QR heritage loco A10 no. 6 ~1990: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Queensland Railways A10 Ipswich class locomotive was a one-off 2-4-0 steam locomotive 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 149 years ago, in 1877.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1877
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- North Ipswich Railway Workshops
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7270884, Wikipedia: Queensland A10 Ipswich class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
