South Australian Railways 400 class
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The South Australian Railways 400 class was a class of 4-8-2+2-8-4 steam locomotives built in the early 1950s. The 400 class locomotives mainly hauled mineral trains on the South Australian Railways' narrow gauge Broken Hill line from 1953 to 1963, when they were replaced by diesel locomotives. They operated as far as far south as Port Pirie and Terowie and as far north as Quorn. The 400 class was temporarily returned to service in 1969 while the diesel locomotives were converted to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge.
Some were stored at Peterborough awaiting scrapping.[1]
Two have been preserved, 402 at the Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow and 409 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide.[2][3]
Gallery
- Garratts, 402 leading and 401 ready to depart Jamestown for Peterborough in 1968
- Garratts 402 and 401 at Jamestown in the late 1960s
References
- ↑ "3801 A Legend in Steam". YouTube. 15 July 2015.
- ↑ Oberg, Leon (2007). Locomotives of Australia: 1850s - 2007. Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 271–272. ISBN 1-877058-54-8.
- ↑ "Museum Exhibit - 400-class". National Railway Museum Port Adelaide.
Bibliography
- Durrant, A. E (1987), Garratt Locomotives of the World, Bracken Books, ISBN 1-85170-141-9
- J.D.H. Smith. "South Australian Railways steam locomotives".
External links
Media related to South Australian Railways 400 class locomotives at Wikimedia Commons - Locomotive Specifications at SteamLocomotive.com
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