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#SARsteamlocomotives
S class 4-4-0
James Martin & Co 1894 (12), 1903–1904 (6)
11, 13, 14, 17, 26, 50, 127-137, 154
Express loco for the route between Murray Bridge and the border with Victoria.

S50 collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+3…
Commissioned in 1903 and condemned in 1956.

S Class locomotive pulling a passenger train c.1911
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The S class had 6'6" driving wheels, the largest of any Australian locomotive.

Narrow and broad gauge trains at Hamley Bridge: on the left an "S" class loco (broad) and on the right a "Y" class loco c.1910
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S131 at Victor Harbor end (south) of Goolwa Railway Station. A banner is attached to engine promoting the Goolwa-Pt. Elliot Railway Centenary 1854-1954 celebrations.
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DELs 905 907
1954

S class locomotive No.128 heading the Broken Hill Express approaching North Adelaide c. 1910
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S class engine (No. 17) at Tailem Bend, 28 January 1952
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S class Engine at Morgan turntable
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S130 c. 1936

S Class locomotive No.128 leading the 4.50 pm Broken Hill Express at South Line Junction, Adelaide c. 1910
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"S" class locomotive at Murray Bridge Railway Workshop, near Mannum Crossing, for repairs to the wheel nearest the camera. The workshops were later moved to Tailem Bend c. 1920
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S14

A South Australian Railways 154 locomotive c. 1910
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S154 Entered service 1904 condemned 1942

Some of S class survived until 1960 in service.
S136 was set aside for preservation at Islington Railway Workshops but it ended up scrapped. No survivors sadly.

S131 at Murray Bridge, 5 March 1951
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Withdrawn 1942-1960
All scrapped1956-1961

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