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Commonwealth Railways NM class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Thompson & Co· from 1925· class of diesel locomotives
what is it?
The Commonwealth Railways NM class is a class of 4-8-0 locomotives owned by the Commonwealth Railways, Australia. The class operated on 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge lines in South Australia and the Northern Territory.
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925–1927
- in service from
- 1925
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Thompson & Co
- operators
- Commonwealth Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5153841, Wikipedia: Commonwealth Railways NM class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.