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Victorian Railways AA class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Phoenix Foundry· from 1900· class of 20 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
what is it?
The AA class was an express passenger locomotive that ran on the Victorian Railways between 1900 and 1932. The largest, heaviest and most powerful 4-4-0 steam locomotive to run in Australia, it was the final development of this locomotive type in Australia.
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 126 years ago, in 1900.
- Served for 32 years (1900–1932).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1900–1903
- in service from
- 1900
- retired
- 1932
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Phoenix Foundry
- designer
- Eugene Siepen
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927260, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways AA class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.