South Australian Railways 930 class
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The SAR 930 class was a class of diesel-electric locomotives built by AE Goodwin, Auburn for the South Australian Railways between 1955 and 1967.
History
The first six single ended examples were delivered in 1955/56 to operate over the steeply graded Adelaide to Tailem Bend line and onwards to Serviceton. A further 31 double ended examples entered service between July 1957 and June 1967 and operated across the broad gauge network. The double ended locomotives had a bullet at one end, and a flat end at the other.
All were delivered with broad gauge bogies and worked across the South Australian network.[1]
In March 1978, all were included in the transfer of the South Australian Railways to Australian National. From 1982, some were converted to standard gauge using bogies from State Rail Authority 44 class locomotives hauling trains from Adelaide to Whyalla and Broken Hill.[2] On the broad gauge, some began operating through to Melbourne in the mid 1980s.[3]
In 1986, a new computer system required the class leaders of the former South Australian Railways to be renumbered as the last member of the class, with 930 becoming 967.[4]
Withdrawals commenced in 1986 with only two remaining by January 1994.[3][5][6][7] Only 961 was included in the sale of Australian National's freight operations to Australian Southern Railroad in November 1997. In May 2001 it was sold to Silverton Rail as 44s1 and in March 2005 passed to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia.
Survivors
- 930 is preserved on static display at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide[1]
- 958 is preserved in operational condition at SteamRanger Heritage Railway, Mount Barker[8]
- 961 moved to the Canberra Railway Museum in November 2014 and is undergoing restoration by its new owner, the Australian Railway Historical Society
- 963 is at SteamRanger Heritage Railway in non-operational condition[9]
Bibliography
- A guide to Australian Locomotion. Australian Railway Historical Society. 2009. ISBN 978-0-9805106-3-8.
References
- 1 2 930 class Co-Co Diesel-Electric Locomotive No.930 National Railway Museum
- ↑ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850's - 1980's. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 225. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
- 1 2 "961 - An Alco Survivor" Railway Digest June 1999 page 27
- ↑ "Australian National Broken Hill Line Report" Railway Digest October 1986 page 314
- ↑ 930 Class Railpage
- ↑ 930 Class Vicsig
- ↑ Broad/Standard Gauge 930-class diesel locomotives Chris' Commonwealth Railways Pages
- ↑ 930 Class Diesel Locomotive - "958" SteamRanger Heritage Railway
- ↑ Diesel Electric Locos SteamRanger Heritage Railway
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