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Tasmanian Government Railways M class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns· from 1951· class of 10 Australian 4-6-2 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TGR M Class: Hothguard11· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Tasmanian Government Railways M class is a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government 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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1951
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 18 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7670177, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways M class (1952) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.