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First Express to depart with Pacific locomotive [B 73183] • Photograph

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Summary

Crowds on bridge and platforms watch as Pacific locomotive, with carriages attached, steams out of Adelaide Railway Station.

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Physical description

Photograph (black and white print); 32.5 cm x 19.5 cm (print), 47 cm x 32.5 cm (mount)

Dates / Publication details

1926

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Adelaide Railway Station
Locomotives -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Historical information

South Australian Railways ultimately owned twenty Pacific type locomotives. The first ten were part of larger order for thirty modern steam locomotives placed with Armstrong Whitworth in Great Britain in 1924 as part of the rehabilitation of the state's rail system being overseen by railways commissioner W. A. Webb. These class 600 Pacifics arrived in Adelaide in 1926 and all ten were placed into service the same year.

Digitisation information

Date

27/08/2013

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

6,351 x 3,979 pixels (25.3 MP)

Size

75.84 MB

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