South Australian Railways 800 class

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	English Electric, Rocklea
Build date	1956/57
Total produced	10

Specifications
UIC class	Bo-Bo
Gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Wheel diameter	1.07 m (3 ft 6 in)
Wheelbase	Over coupler pulling faces: 13.67 m (44 ft 10 in)
Axle load	18.3 tonnes (18.01 long tons; 20.17 short tons)
Loco weight	73.2 tonnes (72.04 long tons; 80.69 short tons)
Fuel type	Diesel
Fuel capacity	3,180 l (700 imp gal; 840 US gal)
Prime mover	English Electric 6 SRKT
Engine type	In line 6 diesel engine
Traction motors	526/539, 4 of
Cylinders	6
Cylinder size	? x ?

Performance figures
Maximum speed	97 km/h (60 mph)
Power output	Gross: 485 kW (650 hp)
Tractive effort	Continuous: 102.00 kN (22,931 lbf) at 14 km/h (8.7 mph) Starting: 179.00 kN (40,241 lbf)

Career
Operators	South Australian Railways
Number in class	10
Numbers	800-809
First run	30 May 1956
Preserved	801
Disposition	1 preserved, 9 scrapped

The 800 class were a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric, Rocklea for the South Australian Railways in 1956/57.

History

The 800 class were diesel shunter locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways. Although built for shunting duties in Adelaide, they also operated trip workings between Dry Creek and Mile End, pick up trains around Port Adelaide and passenger services.^[1] In March 1978 all were included in the transfer of the South Australian Railways to Australian National.

In 1986, a new computer system required the class leaders of the former South Australian Railways to be renumbered as the last member of the class, with 800 becoming 810.^[2] They were withdrawn in the early 1990s.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

One has been preserved by the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide.^[7]

References

↑ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s - 1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 231. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
↑ "Australian National Broken Hill Line Report" Railway Digest October 1986 page 314
↑ Broad Gauge 800-class diesel locomotives Chris's Commonwealth Railways Pages
↑ 800 Class Railpage
↑ 800 Class Rail SA
↑ 800 Class Vicsig
↑ 801 National Railway Museum

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

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