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#SARsteamlocomotives
H class 4-4-0 5' 3"
9 built 1870-77 Robert Stephenson and Company
#2-3 & 25-31

SAR H Class, no. 3, 4-4-0 steam locomotive, at Islington Workshops, SA
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3298
This was c. 1877 (not 1871 as stated on link) 2 & 3 didn't arrive till 1877.

SAR H Class No. H2 4-4-0 Type at Mile End Locomotive Depot, [1920s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3333
#2 served on till 1930.

Workers pose on the wreckage of the carriages following a railway accident, between Salisbury and Smithfield. This is possibly one which occurred on June 20th, 1873, three miles south of Smithfield.
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+1893
H26, was scrapped in 1895.

Currency Creek showing road bridge and train crossing the rail bridge
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1…
Loco on the bridge is an H class 4-4-0 locomotive c. 1900

The opening of the Pinnaroo to Tailem Bend railway showing spectators waiting for a ceremonial tape to be cut and a locomotive to take the first journey. 1906.
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+173…
Loco is H28.

South Australian Railways H Class No. 27
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sout…
All scrapped c. 1930 sadly ...

Hindmarsh River railway bridge VIctor Harbor c.1910
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+174…
H class loco. The number cannot be discerned.

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