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South Australian Railways D class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1859· class of 8 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways D class locomotive, 1867: South Australian Railways photographer· CC0
- 2. South Australian Railways D class locomotive and State Carriage in Adelaide Railway Station yard, 1867 (NRM BD05965): South Australian Government photographer· Public domain
- 3. South Australian Railways 'D' class steam locomotive No. 18 (GN13478A, cropped): South Australian Railways photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The South Australian Railways D class was a class of 4-4-0 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 167 years ago, in 1859.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 71 years (1859–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1859
- in service from
- 1859
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- 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
- 4-4-0 2′B 3
- length
- 12.8 m
- weight
- 47.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24997973, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways D class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.