The Commonwealth Railways KA class was a class of tender locomotives of the Commonwealth Railways, Australia. The class operated on the Trans-Australian Railway.

History

Between 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 Perry Engineering was a major foundry and steel engineering works in the state of South Australia. History Perry Engineering had its origins in 1899 when Samuel Perry purchased from the estate of James Wedlock the Cornwall Foundry on Hindley St ...

, Gawler and 20 by Walkers Limited, Maryborough.KA class
Chris's Commonwealth Railways Pages 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. Most survived until replaced by GM class diesel locomotives with the last withdrawn in September 1952.

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{{AusLocos, state=collapsed KA class Railway locomotives introduced in 1918 Walkers Limited locomotives 2-8-0 locomotives Standard gauge locomotives of Australia Scrapped locomotives Freight locomotives