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Tasmanian Government Railways G class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1896· class of 3 Tasmaian 0-4-2T locomotives
what is it?
The Tasmanian Government Railways G class was a class of 0-4-2T 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 130 years ago, in 1896.
- Weighs about as much as 3 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
- 1896–1900
- retired
- 1962
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 610 mm 2 ft narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-2T
- weight
- 19.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7670175, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways G class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.