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GE class locomotive [PRG 327/24/32] • Photograph

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Summary

Half-plate glass negative of a locomotive pulling a passenger train. According to a researcher, this in not a Y class locomotive. 'The Y class were a 2-6-0 tender locomotive not a 4-4-0 tank locomotive as this image shows. The image is in the book 'Steam Locomotives And Railcars Of The South Australian Railways', Authors: R. E. Fluck, R. Sampson, K. J. Bird with the caption 'Ge166 hauls a Glenelg line 'mixed' near Mile End Junction'. Another researcher has provided the following information: It is Ge class locomotive No.166 (4-4-0 tank engine) shown here approaching Mile End Junction with a mixed train for Glenelg. Built in Manchester by Beyer Peacock, it entered service for the Glenelg Railway Company in 1897, before being acquired by the South Australian Railways in 1899. The locomotive was condemned in 1929.

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Physical description

1 photograph : glass, negative, black and white ; 16.4 x 12 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1915

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Locomotives -- South Australia

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

09/08/2016

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

13,167 x 9,694 pixels (127.6 MP)

Size

127.66 MB

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