The 930 class of diesel locomotives were a class of mainline locomotive built by A. E. Goodwin for the South Australian Railways. They have a Co-Co wheelbase. Some are single ended, with a cab at the 'nose' end, while the balance are double ended, with a round cab at one end and a flat cab at the other, almost exactly the same as a New South Wales 44 class locomotive. These locomotive does not therefore need a turntable. The locomotive can multiple unit operate with most other classes.
They have operated as required on two gauges, 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) and 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in). After privatisation they have also moved interstate. The locomotive were similar to the New South Wales 44 class locomotive.
In the beginning the locomotives were equipped with automatic staff exchanger equipment, which enabled the token(s) for the section to be exchanged at a reasonably high speed.
930 is preserved on static display at the National Railway Museum.
958 is preserved in operational condition at Steamranger Heritage Railways in Mt Barker.
961 is currently stored at Islington Workshops and out of use (number changed to 44s1).
963 is at Steamranger Heritage Railway in an non-operational condition.
The 930 class was modeled by Lima in HO Scale only the Double Cab was produced.
TrainOrama is producing a Single Ended and Double ended 930 class but numbers are limited
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