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South Australian Railways 400 class
Class of Australian 4-8-2+2-8-4 locomotives From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The South Australian Railways 400 class comprised ten 4-8-2+2-8-4 articulated steam locomotives built in France in 1952 and 1953 under licence to Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd, Manchester, UK. The locomotives mainly hauled ore on the 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge line from the New South Wales/South Australia border to smelters at Port Pirie until 1963, when they were replaced by diesel locomotives. They also operated on the line to the break-of-gauge station at Terowie. Some locomotives were returned to service in 1969 while narrow gauge diesel locomotives were converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Subsequently some were stored at Peterborough before being scrapped.[1]
Two have been preserved, in static condition:
- No. 402 at the Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow[2]
- No. 409 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide.[3]
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- General arrangement of the 400 class Beyer-Garratt (click to enlarge)
- Preserved Garratt 409 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide
- In 1968, Garratts 402 (leading) and 401 ready to depart Jamestown for Peterborough and the New South Wales border
- Garratts 402 and 401 at Jamestown in the late 1960s
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