South Australian Railways 830 class

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833 at Mount Gambier in July 1983

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	AE Goodwin, Auburn
Serial number	Alco 83721-83730 Alco 83826 Alco 84136-84142 Alco 84702-84719 Alco G-3422-01 to G-3422-03 Alco G-6016-01 to G-6016-06
Model	Alco DL531
Build date	1959-66
Total produced	45

Specifications
UIC class	Co-Co
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Fuel type	Diesel
Prime mover	Alco 6-251B
RPM range	375-1025
Engine type	Four-stroke Inline 6 diesel
Aspiration	Turbocharged
Cylinders	6
Cylinder size	9 in × 10.5 in (229 mm × 267 mm)

Career
Operators	South Australian Railways
Number in class	45
Numbers	830-874
First run	December 1959
Current owner	Genesee & Wyoming Australia Greentrains Junee Railway Workshop Southern Shorthaul Railroad
Disposition	15 in service, 3 preserved, 11 stored, 14 scrapped

The 830 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by AE Goodwin, Auburn for the South Australian Railways between 1959 and 1966.

History

841 at Mount Gambier in 1983

902 after rebuild from 832 at Tanunda in March 2008

In 1959 the South Australian Railways placed an order for 10 Alco DL531 locomotives for use their narrow gauge network. Further orders saw the fleet built up to 44 by February 1970 with 15 narrow gauge, 12 standard gauge and 17 broad gauge examples. In February 1970 an additional unit was purchased second hand from Silverton Tramway.^[1]

In March 1978, 43 were included in the transfer of the South Australian Railways to Australian National with the other two (no. 830 & 845) going to the State Transport Authority before also moving to Australian National. From July 1974 until December 1980 847-849, were loaned to the Public Transport Commission where they were pooled with the 48 class.^[1]^[2]

Following the conversion of the Adelaide to Alice Springs in the early 1980s and the release of some Commonwealth Railways NJ class locomotives, beginning in April 1980 some 830s were transferred to Australian National's TasRail operation with 20 transferred by August 1986.^[1]^[3] Withdrawals of the TasRail fleet commenced in late 1987 with only three in service by April 1989. Australian National repatriated five to the mainland while two were sold to Silverton Rail and shipped to Broken Hill.^[1]^[3]^[4] One was preserved by the Don River Railway, Devonport.^[5] The remainder were scrapped.^[6]^[7]

In 1991, six were rebuilt as the DA class with new cabs to allow them to be used as shunters. In December 1994 two 48 class locomotives were purchased from the State Rail Authority.^[8] One was rebuilt as DA7 and the other scrapped.^[1]

Australian National's remaining 830 class were all included with the sale of the South Australian freight operations to Australian Southern Railroad in August 1997.

In June 2000 three were sold to ATN Access for use on grain services. All were included in the sale of the business to Pacific National in February 2004 but are now stored.^[7]

The sale of Australian Railroad Group to QR National included 852. It was sold to Junee Railway Workshop in 2008 and after being overhauled returned to service in 2012.

Status table

Number	Serial Number	In Service	Current/Last Owner	Status	Notes
830	83721	Dec 1959	Genesee & Wyoming	Operational	Renumbered 875, rebuilt as DA5
831	83722	Feb 1960	TransVolution	Stored, Dry Creek
832	83723	Apr 1960	Genesee & Wyoming	Operational	Rebuilt as DA2, renumbered 902
833	83724	Apr 1960	Pacific National	Scrapped	ex ATN Access
834	83725	May 1960	AN Tasrail	Scrapped
835	83726	May 1960	Genesee & Wyoming	Scrapped	Rebuilt as DA3
836	83727	Jun 1960	Genesee & Wyoming	Operational	Rebuilt as DA6
837	83728	Jun 1960	AN Tasrail	Scrapped
838	83729	Jun 1960	Pacific National	Stored, Junee	ex ATN Access
839	83730	Jun 1960	Genesee & Wyoming	Operational	Rebuilt as DA4
840	84138	May 1962	AN Tasrail	Scrapped
841	84139	Jun 1962	TransVolution	Stored, Dry Creek
842	84140	Aug 1962	Genesee & Wyoming	Stored
843	84141	Sep 1962	Genesee & Wyoming	Stored, Dry Creek
844	84142	Oct 1962	Genesee & Wyoming	Stored, Dry Creek
845	84714	Oct 1963	SteamRanger	Stored, Tailem Bend	ex ATN Access & Pacific National
846	84715	Nov 1963	Genesee & Wyoming	Stored	ex AN Tasrail
847	G-6016-1	Jun 1969	Genesee & Wyoming	Stored
848	G-6016-2	Jul 1969	Genesee & Wyoming	Operational
849	G-6016-3	Sep 1969	Genesee & Wyoming	Operational	Rebuilt as DA1, renumbered T02, renumbered 901
850	84136	Mar 1962	Genesee & Wyoming	Operational
851	84137	Apr 1962	Genesee & Wyoming	Operational
852	84716	Sep 1963	Junee Railway Workshop	Operational	ex Australian Railroad Group, ex AN Tasrail
853	84717	Oct 1963	AN Tasrail	Scrapped
854	84718	Sep 1963	AN Tasrail	Scrapped
855	84719	Oct 1963	AN Tasrail	Scrapped
856	84702	Feb 1963	Silverton Rail	Scrapped	ex AN Tasrail
857	84703	Apr 1963	Greentrains	Scrapped 2014	Renumbered 48s31, ex AN Tasrail
858	84704	May 1963	AN Tasrail	Scrapped
859	84705	May 1963	Genesee & Wyoming	Operational	ex AN Tasrail
860	84706	May 1963	AN Tasrail	Scrapped
861	84707	Jun 1963	AN Tasrail	Scrapped
862	84708	Jun 1963	Silverton Rail	Scrapped	ex AN Tasrail
863	84709	Jun 1963	Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre	Preserved, Peterborough	ex Genesee & Wyoming^[9]
864	84710	Jul 1963	Greentrains	Operational	Renumbered 48s30, ex AN Tasrail
865	84711	Jul 1963	Genesee & Wyoming	Stored	ex AN Tasrail
866	84712	Jul 1963	AN Tasrail	Preserved	Don River Railway, Devonport
867	84713	Aug 1963	AN Tasrail	Scrapped
868	G-6016-4	Nov 1969	Australian Railroad Group	Scrapped
869	G-6016-5	Jan 1970	Southern Shorthaul Railroad	Operational
870	G-6016-6	Jan 1970	Australian National	Scrapped
871	G-3422-1	Feb 1966	Genesee & Wyoming	Stored
872	G-3422-2	Mar 1966	Greentrains	Operational
873	G-3422-3	Apr 1966	Genesee & Wyoming	Operational
874	83826	Dec 1960	Genesee & Wyoming	Operational Whyalla	ex Silverton Tramway ST27 Feb 1970, rebuilt as T01, renumbered 907

References

1 2 3 4 5 Oberg, Leon (2007). Locomotives of Australia 1854-2007. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 308. ISBN 1-877058-54-8.
↑ Railway Digest December 1984 page 391
1 2 830 Class Rail Tasmania
↑ "Silverton" Railway Digest August 1990 page 286
↑ Steam & Diesel Locomotives & Railcars Don River Railway
↑ Broad, Standard and Narrow Gauge 830-class diesel locomotives Chris' Commonwealth Railways Pages
1 2 830 Class Railpage
↑ "State Rail's Locomotive Auction Results" Railway Digest January 1995 page 36
↑ "Preservation & Tourist" Railway Digest May 2016 page 58

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