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#SARsteamlocomotives
620 class 4-6-2
10 built 1936-1938 Islington Railway Workshops
Fast, light passenger loco.

#620 'Sir Winston Dugan' class leader and streamlined.
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+7264
Named after Sir Winston Dugan the SA Governor appointed in 1934.
#620 c. 1938
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+115…
Australia's first streamlined locomotive, the smokebox being covered with a chrome steel grille and painted Hawthorn green with yellow stripes.
Class 620, No. 620, Wayville Showgrounds. "Sir Winston Dugan". 1936
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+465…
Road numbers 620-629.

Locomotive (right) used on the East West Express
626 at Adelaide Station 1938
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+103…
No.624 exiting the tunnel at Eden Hills, 5 May 1950
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+588…
Passenger train at North Adelaide 1952
#621
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+588…
Goods train (engine No.624) at Clapham, South Australia.
c. 1952
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+588…
North Adelaide parklands c. 1952
Double heading 620s ..
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+588…
Loco numbers unable to be discerned.
SAR 620 Class, no. 620, 4-6-2 Pacific type, "Sir Winston Dugan", hauling the SA Centenary train, 1936
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3323
628, goods train, Tailem Bend, SA, January 1958
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/105…
620 class withdrawn 1961-1969
Preserved 621 & 624 rest of the class scrapped by 1969.

620 Class Steam Locomotive - #621
The "Duke of Edinburgh" is operational at Steam Ranger.

I visited Victor Harbor Jan 2019. 621 at Victor Habor.
Locomotive 624. R Footner Collection, National Railway Museum. @NRMPortAdelaide
nrm.org.au/collections/31…
Departure from Goolwa behind 621
3 Jan 2019
SAR 620 Class Pacific no. 621 was seen hauling four SAR Steel Cars as part of the Southern Encounter service to Victor Harbor on Sunday 5th of October 2014.
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