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Commonwealth Railways C class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Walkers Limited· from 1938· class of 8 Australian 4-6-0 locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. C63, Commonwealth Railways, 1938: Buckland, John L 1915-1989· Public domain
- 2. Commonwealth Railways C class locomotive no 68 and and Ga class no 6 at Port Augusta, 1940s: Ralph Skewes· Public domain
what is it?
The Commonwealth Railways C class was a class of 4-6-0 passenger locomotives built in 1938 by Walkers Limited, Maryborough, for the Commonwealth Railways, Australia.
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 88 years ago, in 1938.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1938
- in service from
- 1938
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Walkers Limited
- operators
- Commonwealth Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927029, Wikipedia: Commonwealth Railways C class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.