Q class 4-4-0 22 built 1885-92
Dübs and Company (15) #76-90
James Martin & Co (7) #108-114
Designed to replace the N and O Baldwins.
Number 81 'Q' class Locomotive c. 1885
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28 January 1923 - incoming Clapham locomotive F173 collided with the outgoing Kapunda locomotive Q79 resulting in a fireman on the F Class being killed.
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Class leader - entered service in 1885 and was condemned in 1933.
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No.86 was built by Dubs & Co., of Glasgow, Scotland. It entered service in 1885 and was condemned in 1933.
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Q90 Tailem Bend 1946
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The Q class could reach 60 mph hauling passenger trains. They were for their era a success for SAR.
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