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Queensland A14 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Phoenix Engine Company· from 1894· class of 8 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. StateLibQld 1 244062 Engine 281 in the locomotive sheds at Ipswich: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
what is it?
The Queensland Railways A14 class locomotive was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives 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 132 years ago, in 1894.
- Served for 36 years (1894–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1894
- in service from
- 1894
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Phoenix Engine Company
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7270888, Wikipedia: Queensland A14 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.