South Australian Railways 600 class (steam)
79 ft 3+1⁄4 in (24.162 m).
(26.52 short tons; 24.05 t)
(131.01 short tons; 118.85 t)
(223.52 short tons; 202.78 t) (as built)
196 long tons 19 cwt 2 qtr
(220.61 short tons; 200.14 t) (rebuilt)
6 long tons (6.7 short tons; 6.1 t) coal,
1,912 imp gal
(2,296 US gal; 8,690 L) oil (rebuilt)
(8,560 US gal; 32,400 L) (as built)
7,250 imp gal
(8,710 US gal; 33,000 L) (rebuilt)
215 psi (1,480 kPa) (rebuilt)
330 sq ft (31 m2) (rebuilt)
Performance figures | |
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Tractive effort | 36,600 lbf (162.80 kN) as built 39,300 lbf (174.82 kN) rebuilt |
Factor of adh. | 4.43 (as built) 4.04 (rebuilt) |
Career | |
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Operators | South Australian Railways |
Class | 600 |
Number in class | 10 |
Numbers | 600-609 |
First run | 10 May 1926 |
Withdrawn | 1958-1961 |
Scrapped | 1961-1963 |
Disposition | All scrapped |
The South Australian Railways 600 class was a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways.
History
The 600 class were part of an order for 30 steam locomotives[note 1] placed with Armstrong Whitworth, England, in 1924, as part of the rehabilitation of the state's rail system overseen by railways commissioner William Webb. The 600 class design was based on the USRA Light Pacific, although modifications were made by SAR's Chief Mechanical Engineer, Fred Shea, including those necessary to fit South Australia's tighter loading gauge, which was lower than that of the United States. They arrived in Adelaide in 1926.[1]
609 was named Duke of Gloucester after hauling the Duke's Royal Train in 1934 and so became Australia's first "royal" engine.
The entire class received upgraded boilers and front ends from the late 1930s onwards, and was reclassified as the 600C class. They were also fitted with large smoke deflectors over their lifetime. Ten locomotives of the South Australian Railways 620 class were built at Islington Railway Workshops in 1936–1938, to a similar design.
All examples of the 600 class were withdrawn between 1955 and 1961. None were preserved.[1]
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Class list
No. | Entered service | Condemned |
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600 | 14 August 1926 | June 1959 |
601 | 10 May 1926 | Sep 1958 |
602 | 25 May 1926 | June 1959 |
603 | 18 May 1926 | July 1961 |
604 | 13 August 1926 | June 1959 |
605 | 6 July 1926 | Sep 1958 |
606 | 8 July 1926 | May 1960 |
607 | 22 June 1926 | June 1959 |
608 | 22 July 1926 | May 1960 |
609* | 21 August 1926 | June 1959 |
* Named Duke of Gloucester. |
Notes
- ^ The other classes of locomotives were the 500 class and 700 class.
References
- ^ a b Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 148. ISBN 0 7301 0005 7.
Further reading
- Colquhoun, Douglas; Stewien, Ronald; Thomas, Adrian (1971). 600: the Pacific locomotives of the South Australian Railways. Walkerville, South Australia: Australian Railway Historical Society, SA Division. ISBN 0909970068.
- Drymalik, Chris. "Broad Gauge 600-class 4-6-2 (later 600C-class) locomotives". comrails.com. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
External links
Media related to South Australian Railways 600 class at Wikimedia Commons
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