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South Australian Railways B class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1856· Class of Australian locomotives
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- 1. South Australian Railways B Class Locomotive No. 4: Unknown author Unknown author· CC0
what is it?
The South Australian Railways B class was a class of 2-4-0T steam locomotives operated by the South Australian 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 170 years ago, in 1856.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1856
- retired
- 1938
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0 (as built)
- weight
- 33.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24997972, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways B class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.