The most common wheel arrangements are listed below. In the diagrams, the front of the locomotive is to the left. Notes on table:
- Gov. = Main government railways and their successors
- Pri. = Private companies (timber tramways, mining, construction, electricity, etc.)
- Locos are listed by their first owner in Australia
- Locos are listed by their first wheel arrangement
Arrangement (locomotive front is to the left) |
Wheel classification | Name | No. of Locos... | ||||||||||||
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Vic | NSW | SA | QLD | WA | Tas | Total | |||||||||
Gov. | Pri. | Gov. | Pri. | Gov. | Pri. | Gov. | Pri. | Gov. | Pri. | Gov. | Pri. | ||||
Non-articulated steam locomotives | 1355 | 73 | 603 | 40 | 113 | 47 | 2231 | ||||||||
2-2-2 | Patentee | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
0-4-0 | Locomotion | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 | |||||||
0-4-2 | Lion | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | |||||||
0-4-4 | Forney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
2-4-0 | Porter | 74 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | |||||||
2-4-2 | Columbia | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 76 | |||||||
4-4-0 | American | 99 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 183 | |||||||
4-4-2 | Atlantic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
4-4-4 | Jubilee | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |||||||
0-6-0 | Six-coupled | 229 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 262 | |||||||
0-6-2 | Webb | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
0-6-4 | Forney six-coupled | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
2-6-0 | Mogul | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 73 | |||||||
2-6-2 | Prairie | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
2-6-4 | Adriatic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
4-6-0 | Ten-wheeler | 468 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 533 | |||||||
4-6-2 | Pacific | 62 | 0 | 185 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 266 | |||||||
4-6-4 | Hudson, Baltic | 70 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |||||||
2-8-0 | Consolidation | 155 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206 | |||||||
2-8-2 | Mikado | 98 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 131 | |||||||
2-8-4 | Berkshire | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
4-8-0 | Twelve Wheeler | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 63 | |||||||
4-8-2 | Mountain | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 97 | |||||||
4-8-4 | Northern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Articulated locomotives (simple and compound) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
0-4-4-0 | Bavarian BB II | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
2-4-4-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
2-6-4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
0-6-6-0 | Erie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Garratt articulated locomotives | 2 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 77 | ||||||||
0-4-0+0-4-0 | Double 4 coupled, Welsh Highland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
4-4-2+2-4-4 | Double Atlantic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
2-6-0+0-6-2 | Double Mogul | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |||||||
2-6-2+2-6-2 | Double Prairie | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
4-8-2+2-8-4 | ASG, Double Mountain | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 43 | |||||||
Geared locomotives | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 30 | ||
A-type | Shay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
B-type | Shay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
C-type | Shay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
A-type | Climax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
B-type | Climax | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Harman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Petrol (P) & Diesel (D) locomotives | 349 | 7 | 245 | 10 | 82 | 14 | 707 | ||||||||
4wxM | Mechanical | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
0-4-0xH / (aka B) | Hydraulic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
0-4-0xM / (aka B) | Mechanical | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
0-6-0xE / (aka C) | Electric | 10 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |||||||
0-6-0xH / (aka C) | Hydraulic | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||
0-6-0xM / (aka C) | Mechanical | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||
0-8-0xH / (aka D) | Hydraulic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
A1A-A1A | Electric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
Bo-Bo / (aka 0-4-4-0) | Electric | 173 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 242 | |||||||
Bo-Bo / (aka 0-4-4-0) | Hydraulic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||
Co-Co / (aka 0-6-6-0) | Electric | 136 | 151 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 316 | ||||||||
2-Do-2 / (aka 4-8-4) | Electric | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Electric locomotives | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |||||||||
Bo-Bo | Electric | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Co-Co | Electric | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||
Arrangement (locomotive front is to the left) |
Wheel classification | Name | Gov. | Pri. | Gov. | Pri. | Gov. | Pri. | Gov. | Pri. | Gov. | Pri. | Gov. | Pri. | Total |
Vic | NSW | SA | QLD | WA | Tas | ||||||||||
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