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Queensland D17 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Walkers Limited· from 1924· class of 30 Australian 4-6-4T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ITM3580374 D17 train-LOCO 6D17 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE No 47 WALKERS- D17 train Dept No.QSA0916 E233: Queensland State Archives· CC0
what is it?
The Queensland Railways D17 class locomotive is a class of 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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Served for 36 years (1924–1960).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1924–1942
- in service from
- 1924
- retired
- 1960
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 30
- 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
- 4-6-4T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7270931, Wikipedia: Queensland D17 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.