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South Australian Railways A class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1868· class of 3 Australian 2-4-0T locomotives
(BAA-08357).jpg)
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways A Class No. 19: Lionel Kingsborough· Public domain
- 2. South Australian Railways A class locomotive (R Stephenson & Co builder's photo)(BAA-08357): Photographer contracted to, or employed by, Robert Stephenson and Company· Public domain
what is it?
The first two of what later became the South Australian Railways A class of locomotives, built by Robert Stephenson and Company, England, arrived at Port Adelaide for the South Australian Railways in September and October 1868. A third, final locomotive arrived in 1873.
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 158 years ago, in 1868.
- Served for 56 years (1868–1924).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1868
- in service from
- 1868
- retired
- 1924
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q66024455, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways A class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.