#SARsteamlocomotives
Last class.
400 class 4-8-2+2-8-4 Beyer Garratts
10 built 1952/53
Société Franco-Belge, Raismes, France under licence from Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd, Gorton, UK
Road numbers 400–409
407 Peterborough c. 1953
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+465…
Last class.
400 class 4-8-2+2-8-4 Beyer Garratts
10 built 1952/53
Société Franco-Belge, Raismes, France under licence from Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd, Gorton, UK
Road numbers 400–409
407 Peterborough c. 1953
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+465…
Hauled ore on the narrow gauge line from the SA/NSW border to smelters at Port Pirie until 1963 when replaced by diesels.
402 Peterborough 1962
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402 Peterborough 1962
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Preserved:
402 Zig Zag Railway
409 NRM Port Adelaide
remaining Garratts condemned by 1970, scrapped
Locomotive 409. Douglas Colquhoun Collection, National Railway Museum.
nrm.org.au/collections/31…
402 Zig Zag Railway
409 NRM Port Adelaide
remaining Garratts condemned by 1970, scrapped
Locomotive 409. Douglas Colquhoun Collection, National Railway Museum.
nrm.org.au/collections/31…
Film:
S.A. Garratt 409 to Peterborough & 406 to Black Rock & Terowie 1968
S.A. Garratt 409 to Peterborough & 406 to Black Rock & Terowie 1968
SAR had a marvellous variety of steam locos. This film is a good place to end.
Steam to the Siver City & Menindee NSW Tour 1968 Part 1
Steam to the Siver City & Menindee NSW Tour 1968 Part 1
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