South Australian Railways 600 class

This article is about the South Australan Railways steam locomotive class. For the South Australian Railways diesel locomotive class, see South Australian Railways 600 class (diesel).

609

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth
Serial number	623-632
Build date	1925
Total produced	10

Specifications
Configuration	4-6-2
Gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Driver dia.	6 ft 3 in (1.905 m)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	12 long tons 0 cwt (26,900 lb or 12.2 t)
Boiler pressure	200 psi (1,379 kPa)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	24 in × 28 in (610 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts

Performance figures
Tractive effort	36,600 lbf (162.80 kN)

Career
Operators	South Australian Railways
Numbers	600-609
Withdrawn	1955-1961
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 larger order for 30 steam locomotives placed with Armstrong Whitworth, England in 1924 as part of the rehabilitation of the state's rail system being 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 to allow them to fit South Australia's tighter loading gauge. 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 out 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 desgn.

All examples of the 600 class were withdrawn between 1955 and 1961. None were preserved.^[1]

SAR 600-class locomotive in 1926

Class list

Number	Date in Service	Date Condemned	Name
600	14 August 1926	June 1959	-
601	10 May 1926	September 1958	-
602	25 May 1926	June 1959	-
603	18 May 1926	July 1961	-
604	13 August 1926	June 1959	-
605	6 July 1926	September 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	Duke of Gloucester

References

1 2 Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 148. ISBN 0 7301 0005 7.

Douglas Colquhoun; Ronald Stewien; Adrian Thomas (1971). 600 - The Pacific Locomotives of The South Australian Railways. Adelaide, South Australia: A.R.H.S. SA division.
Drymalik, Chris. "Broad Gauge 600-class 4-6-2 (later 600C-class) locomotives". comrails.com. Retrieved 2011-05-27.

External links

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