Thread by @ozbob13

#SARsteamlocomotives
Narrow gauge 3' 6"
SAR had over 1000 miles of narrow gauge railways in 1929. To service this network there was a range of narrow gauge steam locos
Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 24 - 1931
Railway map 1930
southernflinders-midnorth.com.au/maps/mapiframe…

T class 3' 6" 4-8-0
78 built 1903-1917
Islington Railway Workshops (4)
James Martin & Co (34)
Walkers Limited (40)
Road numbers
T23-T24, T44T48, T50-T51, T180-T186, T197-T258

T205 between Terowie and Quorn 1929
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/772304

SAR, T Class No 249, 4-8-0 type, Naracoorte Locomotive Depot, [1950s]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/4409

SAR T Class, No. 180, 4-8-0 goods locomotive, class leader, Islington Workshops, SA, 1903.
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3301

SAR T Class, no. 247, in final configuration, Port Pirie Smelter and ships' masts in background, Port Pirie, SA, [c. 1950]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/854…

1922, T219, 222, 223, 230, 235 & 237 were sold to the Tasmanian Government Railways. Retained T classification and numbers

TGR T Class, ex-SAR northern Tasmania, 1927 or later
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/878…
Possibly T230

SAR T Class, no. 203, 4-8-0 type, at Islington Workshops, October 1934
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3321
Prepared for Royal train duties Quorn to Terowie

SAR T Class, No. 48, 4-8-0 goods locomotive, at Islington Workshops, SA, [1930s]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3335

SAR T258 on narrow gauge freight alongside Rx209 on broad gauge freight - multi-gauge yard (Harry Green Collection)
comrails.com/pic_mbc/mbc_b2…

SAR T249 + Y104 - station build + yard - Mount Gambier (David Burke Collection)
comrails.com/pic_mbc/mbc_b1…

Preserved T class:
T181 Broken Hill
T186 Pichi Richi Railway, Quorn
T199 Peterborough
T224 Millicent
T251 Queenscliff
T253 NRM Port Adelaide
72 scrapped

T186 at Quorn locomotive workshops, June 1977
pichirichirailway.org.au/history/locomo…

Film:
T199 & T186 Peterborough To Pichi Richi Pass Summit 1970

Locomotive T253. J Rhule Collection, National Railway Museum @NRMPortAdelaide
nrm.org.au/collections/31…

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