The Perry built locomotives received superheaters in 1943. Three were converted to burn oil during the 1949 coal strike, but were converted back within months.[1]
Most survived until replaced by GM class diesel locomotives with the last withdrawn in September 1952.[1]
ReferencesEdit
NotesEdit
^ abcOberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 108. ISBN0 730100 05 7.
Fluck, Ronald E; Marshall, Barry; Wilson, John (1996). Locomotives and Railcars of the Commonwealth Railways. Welland, SA: Gresley Publishing. ISBN1876216018.
External linksEdit
Media related to Commonwealth Railways KA class locomotives at Wikimedia Commons
October 21, 2023
commonwealth, railways, class, class, tender, locomotives, commonwealth, railways, australia, class, operated, trans, australian, railway, class, locomotive, 1951, type, originpower, typesteambuilderperry, engineering, walkers, limited, build, date1918, 1920to. The Commonwealth Railways KA class was a class of 2 8 0 tender locomotives of the Commonwealth Railways Australia The class operated on the 1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in Trans Australian Railway Commonwealth Railways KA classA KA class locomotive c 1951 Type and originPower typeSteamBuilderPerry Engineering 6 Walkers Limited 20 Build date1918 1920Total produced26SpecificationsConfiguration Whyte2 8 0Gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gaugeFuel typeCoalWater cap 4 850 imp gal 22 000 L 5 820 US gal Cylinder size22 in 26 in 559 mm 660 mm Performance figuresTractive effort29 609 lbf 131 71 kN CareerOperatorsCommonwealth RailwaysNumbersKA35 KA54 KA56 KA61First runSeptember 1918DispositionAll scrapped Contents 1 History 2 References 2 1 Notes 2 2 Bibliography 3 External linksHistory EditBetween September 1918 and June 1920 Commonwealth Railways took delivery of 26 KA class freight locomotives built to the same design as the New South Wales Government Railways TF class later the D53 class Six were built by Perry Engineering Gawler and 20 by Walkers Limited Maryborough 1 2 They were an upgraded version of the K class The Perry built locomotives received superheaters in 1943 Three were converted to burn oil during the 1949 coal strike but were converted back within months 1 Most survived until replaced by GM class diesel locomotives with the last withdrawn in September 1952 1 References EditNotes Edit a b c Oberg Leon 1984 Locomotives of Australia 1850s 1980s Frenchs Forest Reed Books p 108 ISBN 0 730100 05 7 KA class Chris s Commonwealth Railways Pages Bibliography Edit Fluck Ronald E Marshall Barry Wilson John 1996 Locomotives and Railcars of the Commonwealth Railways Welland SA Gresley Publishing ISBN 1876216018 External links Edit nbsp Media related to Commonwealth Railways KA class locomotives at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Commonwealth Railways KA class amp oldid 1014592211, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
