Commonwealth Railways K class | |
Powertype: | Steam |
Builder: | North British Locomotive Company |
Serialnumber: | 21230-21237 |
Builddate: | 1916 |
Totalproduction: | 8 |
Whytetype: | 2-8-0 |
Locoweight: | 111LT |
Fueltype: | Coal |
Watercap: | 4850impgal |
Boilerpressure: | 160psi |
Firearea: | 29square feet |
Cylindersize: | 21x |
Tractiveeffort: | 28777lbf |
Operator: | Commonwealth Railways |
Fleetnumbers: | K27-K34 |
Firstrundate: | 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.
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 Most had been withdrawn by the early 1950s with the last withdrawn in March 1952 after dieselisation.[1] [2]