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#SARsteamlocomotives
600 class 4-6-2
10 built 1925 Armstrong Whitworth
#600-609 609 was named Duke of Gloucester after hauling the Duke's Royal Train in 1934

605 as new 1926
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#600 fitted with smoke deflectors c. 1926
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South Australian Railways 600 class Pacific type locomotive hauling the 'Melbourne Express' over the Mount Lofty Range for the first time on 25 August 1926
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No.607 at Tailem Bend, 28 January 1952
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South East Express (engine No.601) at Tailem Bend, 28 January 1952.
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Passenger train travelling towards Adelaide Station c. 1951
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603

Driver's controls in a 600 class engine
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Gawler Race Special No. 604 at North Adelaide c. 1949
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604

Goods train (engine No.609) at Tailem Bend c. 1951
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SAR, 600 Class, Pacific Type, Royal Train for the Duke of Gloucester, Adelaide, SA, 12 October 1934
#609
University of Newcastle
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SAR, 600 Class, No. 609, "Duke of Gloucester" Pacific type, South Australia, 11th October 1934
University of Newcastle
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Well turned out for Royal train duties. A credit to SAR!

Withdrawn 1958-1961 all scrapped by 1963.
No survivors sadly. These were classy locos.

SAR, 600 Class, No. 607, Pacific Type, express passenger, Adelaide Station, [1930s]
University of Newcastle
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