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Tasmanian Government Railways R class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Perry Engineering· from 1923· class of 4 Australian 4-6-2 locomotives
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- 1. TGR R Class: Unknown photographer Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The Tasmanian Government Railways R class was a class of steam locomotives built in 1923 with a "Pacific" 4-6-2 wheel arrangement.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Perry Engineering
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 18.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23926713, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways R class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.