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#SARsteamlocomotives
720 class 2-8-4
17 built 1930-1943 Islington Railway Workshops
Improved version of 710 class with a booster truck hence unusual 2-8-4 arrangement
#720-36

Goods train at unidentified location c. 1953
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720 class tractive effort:43,400 lbs
with booster cut in52,000 lbs
Confined to heavy lines as tendency to spread rails on the lighter lines.

Goods train at Eden Hills, 28 July 1951
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Terowie fast freight train at Mile End, March 1953
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Mount Lofty Station 1951
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Oakbank Race train at Belair 1952
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Sheep train at Mile End, en route to Dry Creek
14 December 1952
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Passenger train at Glenalta level crossing c. 1953
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Goods train (engine No.721) at Belair, 11 August 1951
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Coal shortages after WW2 14 converted to burn oil. All were later converted back to coal burners.

Goods train at Eden Hills c. 1952
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720s withdrawn 1958-1960
All scrapped 1958-1963 sadly. They were stylish powerful locomotives. A credit to all at Islington workshops SAR.

Class leader #720 c. 1953
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