The South Australian Railways Y class was a class of narrow gauge steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways.
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History
editThe Y class were numerically the largest class of steam locomotive operated by the South Australian Railways (SAR). With a Mogul (2-6-0) wheel arrangement widely used in Australia at the time, 129 were built between 1885 and 1898. Beyer, Peacock & Co, Manchester built 50, James Martin & Co of Gawler 77, and the SAR's Islington Railway Workshops 2. They operated across the SAR's narrow gauge network. Between 1904 and 1924, 48 were fitted with new Belpaire boilers and reclassified as the Yx class.[1][2]
They were part of what became almost an Australian 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) standard, as locomotives of similar design served in large numbers as the Silverton Tramway Y class, Tasmanian Government Railways C class and Western Australian Government Railways G class, and also in Queensland and on the Emu Bay Railway and North Australia Railway.[3]
Some were sold for further service to railway construction companies while others saw further service on the timber railway lines of Western Australia. During World War II, 18 were sold to the Commonwealth Railways for use on the North Australia Railway as the Nfb class. Seven of these were sold in 1948 to the Tasmanian Government Railways, but only four entered service (as F1–F4).[2][4]
Preserved locomotives
editAs of 2022[update], there were 10 preserved Y and Yx class locomotives (of which Yx141 was operational), as follows:
Number | System | Owner or custodian | Location (as of 2022[update]) |
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Y1 | Silverton Tramway Company | Sulphide Street Railway and Historical Museum | Broken Hill, NSW[5][6] |
Y12 | Silverton Tramway Company | National Railway Museum | Port Adelaide, SA[7] |
Y71 | SAR then West Australian Jarrah Forest Co. | South-West Rail & Heritage Centre | Boyanup, WA[8][failed verification] |
Y82 | SAR | District Council of Peterborough | Peterborough, SA[9] |
Yx86 | SAR then Victorian Construction Co. then Bunnings Bros | The Railway Museum | Bassendean, WA[10] |
Y97 | SAR | National Railway Museum | Port Adelaide, SA[3] |
Y109 | SAR then a Western Australian timber company | Manjimup Heritage Park | Manjimup, WA[11][12] |
Yx135 / NFB88 | SAR then Commonwealth Railways (on North Australia Railway as NFB88) | Old Katherine Railway Station (National Trust) | Katherine, NT[13] |
Yx141 | SAR | Pichi Richi Railway | Quorn, SA[14] |
Yx176 | SAR then Bunning Bros | Yarloop Workshops | Yarloop, WA[15] |
References
edit- ^ Turner, Jim (1997). Australian Steam Locomotives 1896–1958. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press. p. 9. ISBN 086417778X.
- ^ a b Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010. Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 65/66. ISBN 9781921719011.
- ^ a b "Locomotive Y97". National Railway Museum. 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Steam locomotives of the Tasmanian Government Railways and its constituents". Australian Railway History. No. 917. Redfern, NSW: Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division. March 2014. p. 14. ISSN 1449-6291.
- ^ "Sulphide Street Railway and Historical Museum". Broken Hill City Council. 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ McNicol, Steve (1981). Silverton Tramway Locomotives. Elizabeth Downs: Railmac Publications. p. 6. ISBN 0-959415-30-0.
- ^ "Steam locomotive Y12". National Railway Museum. National Railway Museum Inc. 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Y71". Australian Steam. [Publisher not stated]. 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Y82". Australian Steam. [Publisher not stated]. 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Y86". Australian Steam. [Publisher not stated]. 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Y109". Australian Steam. [Publisher not stated]. 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Rail relics". Manjimup Heritage Park. Shire of Manjimup. 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "NFB88". Australian Steam. [Publisher not stated]. 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Yx141". Australian Steam. [Publisher not stated]. 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ "Yx176". Australian Steam. [Publisher not stated]. 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
External links
editMedia related to South Australian Railways Y class locomotives at Wikimedia Commons