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Commonwealth Railways KA class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Perry Engineering· from 1918· class of 26 Australian 2-8-0 locomotives
what is it?
The Commonwealth Railways KA class was a class of 2-8-0 tender locomotives of the Commonwealth Railways, Australia. The class operated on the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Trans-Australian Railway.
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.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1918–1920
- in service from
- 1918
- status
- retired
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Perry Engineering, Walkers Limited
- 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 Q16927251, Wikipedia: Commonwealth Railways KA class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.