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South Australian Railways Gb class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1874· class of 2 Australian 4-4-0T locomotives
what is it?
The South Australian Railways Gb class locomotives were built by Robert Stephenson and Company in 1874 and 1878 for the Glenelg Railway Company, which was later acquired by the South Australian Railways (SAR) on 16 December 1899. The engines were sold to the Adelaide Glenelg & Suburban Railway Company as No. 4 and 5, then subsequently sold to the Glenelg Railway Company in November 1881 with the same numbers.
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 152 years ago, in 1874.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 42 years (1874–1916).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1874–1878
- in service from
- 1874
- retired
- 1916
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways, Glenelg Railway Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 25.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q66036123, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways Gb class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.