Thread by @ozbob13

#SARsteamlocomotives
G class 2-4-0T 5' 3" gauge
8 built Beyer, Peacock and Company 1869-86
SAR acquired some from private operators
#23-24, 99-101, 156 & 161-162

G class locomotive #24 at Goolwa @SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+119…

Side view of South Australian Railway 5'3" 2-4-0T G Class loco.
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+686…

Holdfast Bay Railway Co. Ltd, Locomotives No.2 and No.4, St Leonards Depot, SA
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3285
#2 was G161 with the SAR. #4 was Gb158 with SAR
This was probably c. 1880s.

Glenelg Railway Co, G Class No.2 , St Leonards, SA, [1900]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3343
This was G161 SAR.

Ga class 4-4-0T
1 built Robert Stephenson and Company 1874
Glenelg Railway Company "No.3" was Ga157 SAR

Glenelg Railway Company Train in Althorpe Place, Glenelg @SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+286…
The locomotive, is 4-4-0 tank locomotive no. 3

Gb class 4-4-0 T
2 built Robert Stephenson and Company 1874 and 1878
SAR #158 & 159
Glenelg Railway Company No.4 Gb158 SAR
Glenelg Railway Company No.5 Gb159 SAR

South Australian Railways Gb Class No. 159
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Aus…

Gc class 4-4-0T
1 built Robert Stephenson and Company 1879
Glenelg Railway Company No.6 Gc160 SAR

Holdfast Bay Railway Co, Locomotive No.6, 4-4-0 Tank Type, King William Street, Adelaide, SA, [1880s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3290

Gd class 0-4-4 well tank
2 built 1880 Beyer, Peacock and Company
Glenelg Railway Company No.9 SAR Gd163
Glenelg Railway Company No.10 SAR Gd164

SAR, Gd Class No. 163 Tank Type, Port Dock Station, SA, [1900s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3283

Ge Class 4-4-0T
2 built Beyer, Peacock and Company 1897
SAR 165 & 166
Glenelg Railway Company No.11 SAR Ge165
Glenelg Railway Company No.12 SAR Ge166

Ge class Locomotive No.165
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+3…

Port Adelaide - Loco Ge165 (Lionel Kingsborough)
comrails.com/pic_lk/lk_0340…

All the G classes locomotives were scrapped.

Adelaide Railway Station, showing the station yard, looking west from the Overway bridge. A small locomotive steams past men loading their horse drawn carts with firewood.
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+1725
1889.
Loco is A19

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