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#SARsteamlocomotives
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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Dry Creek - Locomotive Engine No. 114 Class Q
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Train accident in the Adelaide railway yard
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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.

Q class locomotive No. 76 c. 1910
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Class leader - entered service in 1885 and was condemned in 1933.

Q class locomotive No.86 c. 1910
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No.86 was built by Dubs & Co., of Glasgow, Scotland. It entered service in 1885 and was condemned in 1933.

All Qs were scrapped c. 1936, except for Q90. It avoided the fate of its kin and was operational till 1956. Q90 worked local trains between Murray Bridge and Tailem Bend, last 3 years shunter at the Islington.

Q90 Tailem Bend 1946
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Locomotive Class Q no.90 after general overhaul, Islington 1948
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Locomotive Class Q no.90 in Islington workshops during the overhaul 1948.
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Rx class 20 and Q class 84, approaching Aldgate train station c. 1915
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The Q class could reach 60 mph hauling passenger trains. They were for their era a success for SAR.

Class "Q" No. 90, Tailem Bend with large tender 1938.
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