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Queensland Railways 3900 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Walkers Limited· from 1988· class of 30 Australian electric locomotives
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- 1. QR electric loco 3917 and another haul a northbound goods train on the NCL with Mt Tibrogargan in the background: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The 3900 class are a class of electric locomotives built by Walkers Limited, Maryborough for Queensland Rail between 1988 and 1990.
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 38 years ago, in 1988.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1988–1990
- in service from
- 1988
- number built
- 30
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Walkers Limited
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV AC overhead lines
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo-Bo
- length
- 20 m
- weight
- 110 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927434, Wikipedia: Queensland Railways 3900 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.