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Queensland 6D16 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Walkers Limited· from 1901· class of 20 Australian 4-6-2T (later 4-6-4T) locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ITM3579680 6D16 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE No 367 WALKERS and PASSENGER CARRIAGES Dept No.QSA0222 X2685 no 284: Queensland State Archives· CC0
what is it?
The Queensland Railways 6D16 class locomotive was a class of 4-6-2T (later 4-6-4T) steam locomotives operated by the Queensland 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 125 years ago, in 1901.
- 11 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 50 years (1901–1951).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1901
- in service from
- 1901
- retired
- 1951
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Walkers Limited
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-2
- length
- 11 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28126930, Wikipedia: Queensland 6D16 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.