South Australian Railways 710 class

712 at Eden Hills in 1951

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Fred Shea
Builder	Islington Railway Workshops
Serial number	44-53
Build date	1928/29
Total produced	10

Performance figures
Tractive effort	40,418 lbf (179.79 kN)

The South Australian Railways 710 class was a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways.

History

The 710 class were built by the Islington Railway Workshops as a modified version of the Armstrong Whitworth built 700 class locomotives. Coal shortages after World War II saw a number converted to burn oil. All were later converted back to coal burners. The first two were withdrawn in July 1961 with the remainder replaced as 830 diesel locomotives entered service. The last was withdrawn in September 1967.^[1]^[2]

↑ Drymalik, Chris. "Broad Gauge 710 class 2-8-2 locomotives". Chris's Commonwealth Railways Page.
↑ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 148–149. ISBN 0730100057.

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

Freight vehicles by traffic	Ballast, Sleepers and Spoil Black Coal, Brown Coal & Briquettes Cattle Cement Powder Coiled & Slab Steel Corpses Dolomite Explosives Fertiliser Flour, Grain & Rice Gypsum Horses Lime Mail vans Bitumen, Oil & Petroleum Perishables Quarry products Refrigerated Goods Sand Sheep Soda Ash Timber Vehicles & Vehicle Parts Water

Vans

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

Named or significant trains

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