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South Australian Railways M class (second)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Phoenix Foundry - Ballarat· from 1889· class of 20 Australian 2-4-2T locomotives (ex VR E class
what is it?
The South Australian Railways M class (second) was a group of twenty 2-4-2T engines sold to the SAR by the Victorian Railways for $3,300 each between June 1920 and October 1922. The class was formerly the Victorian Railways' E class.
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 137 years ago, in 1889.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 15 years (1920–1935).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1889–1894
- in service from
- 1920
- retired
- 1935
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Phoenix Foundry - Ballarat
- operators
- South Australian Railways, Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-2T(1′B1′ T)
- length
- 10.1 m
- weight
- 53.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7566151, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways M class (second) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.