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#SARsteamlocomotives
P class 2-4-0T
20 built 1884-1893
Beyer, Peacock & Co (6)
James Martin & Co (14)
P21, P22, P70-P75, P115-P126

P class locomotive No.122
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+3…
Built by James Martin of Gawler entered service 1893 was condemned in 1957.

S.A.R. class P locomotive at Adelaide railway station decorated with shield and flags for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York.
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+455…
P73?

P class locomotive No. 125 approaching Mile End pulling the down Clapham passenger train c. 1920
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Ps hauled most suburban trains in Adelaide until replaced by the F class in the early 1900s.

P126 Adelaide
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Adelaide railway yard looking east from the Morphett Street bridge c. 1920

Glenelg tram in southern King William Street c. 1908
P75
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+4397
Smoke from locos was the subject of continuous complaints. In 1914, line was terminated at South Terrace. In 1929 line was upgraded electrified as the Glenelg tram line.

Locomotive Class P, no.75 at Finsbury. 1950
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Goods train on rail bridge at Port Adelaide, 27 September 1951
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P116 at the front, another P at the rear.

Engines at Mile End 1952
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P122 and S class.

Motion of the "P" Class Locomotive
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"P" Class locomotives awaiting scrapping at Islington c. 1950s
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1929-1960 19 scrapped, 1 preserved P117

Locomotive P117. Robert Haebich Collection, National Railway Museum @NRMPortAdelaide
nrm.org.au/collections/31…

Wonderful locos.
NSWGR had the same design locos F351 std gauge.

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