Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company 2-4-0WT

what is it?

This was a group of 18 2-4-0WT passenger steam locomotives, built by Robert Stephenson & Company and an extra locomotive built from spare parts supplied with the other 18. These locomotives not only provided the bulk workforce of the early private railway operators in Victoria, Australia, but upon their withdrawal they once again proved themselves useful as contractors' locos building some of the railway lines for the then expanding Victorian railway network.

base stats

• weight 29.5 tin working order
• built 18made in total

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 172 years ago, in 1854.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
• ⌛Served for 52 years (1854–1906).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1854–1871

in service from

1854

retired

1906

status

retired

number built

18

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Robert Stephenson and Company

top speed

—

power

—

wheel arrangement

2-4-0

weight

29.5 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.