Australia 4-4-0



south australian railways s class no. 151, murray bridge, 5 march 1951


the first 4-4-0s appeared in south australia in 1859. initial order 2 locomotives, numbers of wheel arrangement multiplied , appeared in of australian colonies. tender, tank , saddle tank versions, varying in size small engines express passenger racers 6 feet 6 inches (1,981 millimetres) driving wheels, worked in victoria, new south wales, western australia , tasmania on 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge, 4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge , 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) gauge.


the locomotives came british builders such dübs , beyer, peacock, american rogers locomotive works in new jersey , local firms such james martin & co. in gawler, south australia, , phoenix foundry in ballarat, victoria. in new south wales , victoria, 4-4-0 ruled rails mainline passenger services until 1900s. in western australia, later converted 4-4-2s.








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