#SARsteamlocomotives
M class - used twice
1st
M 0-4-2T 5 built Avonside Engine Company 1868-1874
#43-47
Acquired by SAR 1878, originally for NZ.
#44 46 had well tanks #43 45 47 had side tanks
M43 Royal Train for Duke and Duchess of Cornwall 1901
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M class - used twice
1st
M 0-4-2T 5 built Avonside Engine Company 1868-1874
#43-47
Acquired by SAR 1878, originally for NZ.
#44 46 had well tanks #43 45 47 had side tanks
M43 Royal Train for Duke and Duchess of Cornwall 1901
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sout…
Town Hall and Signal Station Semaphore
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+339…
Ms withdrawn 1913-1917 and scrapped 1922.
Ms hauled trains to Semaphore prior to withdrawal.
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+339…
Ms withdrawn 1913-1917 and scrapped 1922.
Ms hauled trains to Semaphore prior to withdrawal.
M class 2nd time used
M 20 2-4-2T sold to the SAR by the VR 1920-22
VR E class surplus due to electrification
Built 1889-1894
Phoenix Foundry - Ballarat & David Munro & Co. Melb
# 256-275
Adelaide yard - loco M264 (Lionel Kingsborough)
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M 20 2-4-2T sold to the SAR by the VR 1920-22
VR E class surplus due to electrification
Built 1889-1894
Phoenix Foundry - Ballarat & David Munro & Co. Melb
# 256-275
Adelaide yard - loco M264 (Lionel Kingsborough)
comrails.com/pic_lk/lk_0347…
Ms withdrawn 1925-1935 and all scrapped. They didn't last long on the SAR. Probably due to heavy axle load. Required rail of 75 lbs/yard.
VR E512 1894 same batch sold to SAR
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VR E512 1894 same batch sold to SAR
museumsvictoria.com.au/scienceworks/r…
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