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Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company 2-2-2WT
built by Robertson, Martin & Smith· from 1854· short railway line opened in Victoria, Australia in 1854
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Robertson, Martin and Smith's locomotive for inauguration of Melbourne and Hobson's Bay railway, 1854: Victorian Railways· Public domain
what is it?
Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company 2-2-2WT (1854) was the first locomotive operated after the inauguration of a public railway line in Australia. It had 7+7⁄8 in (200 mm) diameter cylinders and was capable of producing 30.0 horsepower (22.4 kilowatts), reaching 25 mph (40 km/h) and hauling 130 tonnes (130 long tons; 140 short tons).
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 172 years ago, in 1854.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1854
- in service from
- 1854
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- builders
- Robertson, Martin & Smith
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- 22 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17113696, Wikipedia: Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company 2-2-2WT (1854) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.