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Mountain Locomotive [B 3994] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] This is a new 500 class Mountain type locomotive. It was part of an order of thirty locomotives placed by South Australian Railways (S.A.R.) with Armstrong Whitworth in Great Britain in 1924, which arrived in two shipments in 1926. These massive locomotives were unloaded at Port Adelaide and taken off the pier by horse teams. The 500 class was rated to haul 400 tons over the Mount Lofty ranges and was the most powerful locomotive in Australia at the time. [On back of photograph] 'Mountain type of locomotive'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 29.6 cm x 21.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1926

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Transportation -- South Australia
Locomotives -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

11/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,486 x 2,517 pixels (8.8 MP)

Size

26.35 MB

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