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#SARsteamlocomotives
I class
used twice
1st I class 0-4-0T built 1873 Neilson and Company for NZ.
SAR acquired in 1879. Only one was given #38 and then #48 when allocated to I class c.1887.

SAR I class, no.38
search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1c…
As still #38 this is c. 1880s before 1887.

Morgan railway station with two little children on the platform @SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1… c. 1896.
I48 (38) was used at Morgan for shunting until c. 1906 when sold for outer Harbour Breakwater construction. Withdrawn 1909 and scrapped.

2nd I class 0-4-0T saddle 5' 3"
Acquired by SAR 1910. Previously worked a private line in Victoria, then to SA for use on the works at Outer Harbor.
Built 1888 Beyer, Peacock and Company.
SAR #161
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sout…

Construction work at Outer Harbor c. 1908
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+2…
The loco that was to become I161 SAR at work!
Marvellous photograph.

With SAR I161 nickname "Dirty Gert".
Used for shunting Port Adelaide wharves & yards till 1929, scrapped 1930.

The busy wharf Port Adelaide c. 1924
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+4280
Ship is SS Zealandia served as troop ship WW1 & 2
sunk in Darwin harbour 19 Feb 1942.

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