South Australian Railways 740 class

740 at Mlle End in March 1952

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Clyde Engineering
Build date	1951/52
Total produced	10

Specifications
Configuration	2-8-2
Gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Loco weight	165 long tons (168 t; 185 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox: • Firegrate area	47 sq ft (4.4 m²)
Boiler pressure	200 psi (1,379 kPa)
Cylinder size	22 in × 28 in (559 mm × 711 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	40,418 lbf (179,790 N)

Career
Operators	South Australian Railways
Numbers	740-749
Disposition	All scrapped

The South Australian Railways 740 class was a class of 2-8-2 freight locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the South Australian Railways in 1951/52.

History

In the late 1940s, the Federal Government placed an order with Clyde Engineering, Granville for fifty 2-8-2 locomotives. These were ordered as part of Australia's contribution to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration rehabilitation of China. With the first locomotives under construction, China fell to the Communists and Australia's obligations ceased.^[1]

The government was able to renegotiate the contract, with only twenty built. Ten were taken by the Commonwealth Railways as the L class, with the other ten going to the South Australian Railways as the 740 class after being converted for broad gauge operation. The 740 class remained in service until the early 1960s when replaced by diesels. The last was condemned in November 1965.^[1]

References

1 2 Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 198. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.

External links

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