South Australian Railways 400 class

South Australian Railways 400 class (1953)

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Société Franco-Belge de Matériel de Chemins de Fer, Raismes, France under licence from Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Serial number	BP: 7622–7631, SFB: 2973–2982
Build date	1952–1953
Total produced	10

Performance figures
Tractive effort	43,520 lbf (193.6 kN)

The South Australian Railways 400 class was a class of 4-8-2+2-8-4 steam locomotives built in the early 1950s. The 400 class locomotives mainly hauled mineral trains on the South Australian Railways' narrow gauge Broken Hill line from 1953 to 1963, when they were replaced by diesel locomotives. They operated as far as far south as Port Pirie and Terowie and as far north as Quorn. The 400 class was temporarily returned to service in 1969 while the diesel locomotives were converted to 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Two have been preserved, 402 at the Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow and 409 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide.^[1]^[2]

Gallery

Garratts, 402 leading and 401 ready to depart Jamestown for Peterborough in 1968
Garratts 402 and 401 at Jamestown in the late 1960s

↑ Oberg, Leon (2007). Locomotives of Australia: 1850s - 2007. Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 271–272. ISBN 1-877058-54-8.
↑ "Museum Exhibit - 400-class". National Railway Museum Port Adelaide.

Durrant, A. E (1987), Garratt Locomotives of the World, Bracken Books, ISBN 1-85170-141-9
J.D.H. Smith. "South Australian Railways steam locomotives".

Locomotives and rolling stock of the South Australian Railways and successors

Steam locomotives – 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge	500 520 600 620 700 710 720 740 750 A B C D E F (1869) F (1902) G H I (1st) I (2nd) J K L M (1st) M (2nd) N O (1st) O (2nd) P Q R & Rx S Tx 1-3 205 97–98

Steam locomotives – 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge	300 400 K T U V W & Wx X Y & Yx Z 0 (zero) 260 107

Diesel locomotives	350 500 600 700 800 830 900 930

Railcars	Brill Bluebird Redhen 2000 3000

Electric multiple units	A-City 4000

Passenger carriages by type	Sitting cars Dining & Buffet cars Parlor, Lounge & Club cars Sleeping cars Royal and Special cars

Passenger carriages by class	Suburban Centenary 500/600/700/K D type carriages O type carriages E type carriages Pullmans Overland Steel carriages

Freight vehicles by type	Box vans Flat Wagons Hopper wagons Iced vans Livestock Louvre vans Open wagons Tank wagons

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Vans

Other	Rail tractors Crane locomotives Miscellaneous Special loads Way and Works stock Staff Accommodation

Named or significant trains

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