#1956
Queensland C19 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Walkers Limited· from 1922· class of 26 Australian 4-8-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ITM3580114 C19 CLASS LOCO No 698 IPSWICH NEW SYDNEY MAIL TRAIN LITTLE LIVERPOOL RANGE Dept No.QSA0656 X2754 T2: Queensland State Archives· CC0
what is it?
The Queensland Railways C19 class locomotive was a class of 4-8-0 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 104 years ago, in 1922.
- Served for 42 years (1922–1964).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1922–1935
- in service from
- 1922
- retired
- 1964
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Walkers Limited, North Ipswich Railway Workshops
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- 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 Q7270913, Wikipedia: Queensland C19 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.