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#SARsteamlocomotives
Last class of the broad gauge SAR steam locos
750 class 2-8-2 ex VR N class
Built 1950/51 North British Loco Co
Purchased by SAR in 1951 (virtually new)
SAR road numbers 750-759

Eden Hills up train 1951
@SLSA collections
collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+588…
#753

Jubilee train at Clarence Park, 29 August 1951
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collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+588…
VR N430 lead loco - this N was not one of the locos sold to SAR.
VR N461, 465, 471, 474, 477, 485, 490, 491, 494, 495 sold to SAR
History of Jubilee train > pir.sa.gov.au/aghistory/depa…

About to arrive at Tailem Bend station 1951
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+588…
#755

#753 1951
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Jubilee train on the turntable at Victor Harbor (Victorian Railways 'N430') 1951
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#750 c. 1951
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+588…

N465, probably shortly after acquired by SAR.
This loco was renumbered SAR #753
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+122…

Passenger train at Dry Creek, 10 February 1951
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N471 this loco was subsequently renumbered 751.

The 750s were withdrawn 1961-1969
#752 (ex VR N477) preserved, rest scrapped.

Locomotive 752. Douglas Colquhoun Collection, National Railway Museum @NRMPortAdelaide
nrm.org.au/collections/31…

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