#1961
Tasmanian Government Railways Q class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Perry Engineering· from 1922· class of 19 Australian 4-8-2 locomotives
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- 1. Q5 at rest in the roundhouse.: LJDJ2003· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Tasmanian Government Railways Q class is a class of 4-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government 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 104 years ago, in 1922.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 42 years (1922–1964).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1922–1945
- in service from
- 1922
- retired
- 1964
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 19
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Perry Engineering, Walkers Limited, Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-2
- weight
- 99.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23926712, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways Q class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.