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South Australian Railways 400 class

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Power type
  
Steam

Total produced
  
10

Build date
  
1952–1953

Configuration
  
4-8-2+2-8-4 (Garratt)

South Australian Railways 400 class

Builder
  
Société Franco-Belge de Matériel de Chemins de Fer, Raismes, France under licence from Beyer, Peacock & Co.

Serial number
  
BP: 7622–7631, SFB: 2973–2982

Similar
  
Garratt, Herbert William Garratt, Queensland Beyer Garratt class

The South Australian Railways 400 class was a class of 4-8-2+2-8-4 steam locomotives built in the early 1950s. The 400 class locomotives mainly hauled mineral trains on the South Australian Railways' narrow gauge Broken Hill line from 1953 to 1963, when they were replaced by diesel locomotives. They operated as far as far south as Port Pirie and Terowie and as far north as Quorn. The 400 class was temporarily returned to service in 1969 while the diesel locomotives were converted to 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Two have been preserved, 402 at the Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow and 409 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide.

References

South Australian Railways 400 class Wikipedia