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The 900 class were the first mainline diesels operated by the South Australian Railways.Ten were built at Islington Railway Workshops to replace steam locomotives on the heavily graded Mount Lofty Ranges.
Seven 4-6-4 side-tank steam locomotives were built for the Manila Railroad Company in the Philippine Islands by the North British Locomotive Company (NBL) in 1914. Because of difficulties experienced in delivering them to the Philippines during the First World War as well as a critical wartime shortage of locomotives on the South African Railways (SAR), NBL eventually offered the seven ...
The decision to electrify the line from Glencoe Junction to Durban had been taken in 1914, coincidentally the year in which the South African Railways (SAR) ordered its first Cape gauge Garratt, the Class GA 2-6-0+0-6-2. Electrification was placed in abeyance along with the delivery of the Class GA until the end of World War I. [6]
The Class 36-200 type SW1002 diesel-electric locomotive was designed for the South African Railways (SAR) by General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) and all but one were built by General Motors South Africa (GMSA) in Port Elizabeth.
SAR Class 1A 4-8-0; Works no. NGR no. SAR no. 19051 13 1289 19052 14 1290 19053 15 1291 19054 16 1292 19055 17 1293 19056 18 1294 19057 19 1295 19058 20 1296
No. 1586 went to Rustenburg Platinum Mines, retaining its SAR number. No. 1589 became Bob at the Vaal Reefs Gold Mine. No. 1906 became Randfontein Estates Gold Mine no. 6. No. 1908 became Apex Colliery no. 4 at Greenside. No. 1918 went to St Helena Gold Mines. No. 1921 became Grootvlei Proprietary Mines Limited no. 3 Duggie. [5]
Specifications for the Class S 0-8-0 tender type steam shunting locomotive were therefore prepared by Colonel F.R. Collins DSO, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the SAR. [1] [3] In 1928, fourteen locomotives were built to the SAR specifications by Henschel and Son in Germany. They were delivered in 1929 and numbered in the range from 360 to 373.
South Australian Railways (SAR) was the statutory corporation through which the Government of South Australia built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 until March 1978, when its non-urban railways were incorporated into Australian National, and its Adelaide urban lines were transferred to the State Transport Authority.