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Queensland B16½ class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by North Ipswich Railway Workshops· from 1918· class of 1 Australian 2-6-2 locomotive
what is it?
The Queensland Railways B16½ class locomotive was a one-off 2-6-2 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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1918–1950).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1918
- in service from
- 1918
- retired
- 1950
- 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
- 2-6-2
- length
- 14.3 m
- weight
- 54.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088461, Wikipedia: Queensland B16½ class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.