Commonwealth Railways K class

Class of Australian 2-8-0 locomotives

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gaugeLoco weight111 long tons (113 t; 124 short tons)Fuel typeCoalWater cap.4,850 imp gal (22,000 L; 5,820 US gal)Firebox: • Grate area29 sq ft (2.7 m²)Boiler pressure160 psi (11 bar; 1,100 kPa)Cylinder size21 in × 26 in (533 mm × 660 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	28,777 lbf (128.01 kN)

Career
Operators	Commonwealth Railways
Numbers	K27-K34
First run	March 1916
Disposition	All scrapped

The Commonwealth Railways K class was a class of 2-8-0 freight locomotives built in 1916 by North British Locomotive Company, United Kingdom, for the Commonwealth Railways, Australia.

History

In order to operate freight trains on the then under construction Trans-Australian Railway, Commonwealth Railways ordered eight locomotives of the same design as the New South Wales Government Railways' T class (later the D50 class), but with higher capacity tenders.^[1]^[2]

All were delivered between March and June 1916. Most had been withdrawn by the early 1950s with the last withdrawn in March 1952 after dieselisation.^[1]^[2]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
^ ^a ^b K class Chris's Commonwealth Railways Pages

Bibliography

Fluck, Ronald E; Marshall, Barry; Wilson, John (1996). Locomotives and Railcars of the Commonwealth Railways. Welland, SA: Gresley Publishing. ISBN 1876216018.

Commonwealth Railways/Australian National rolling stock

Steam (standard gauge)