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South Australian Railways 700 class (steam)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Armstrong Whitworth· from 1925· class of 10 Australian 2-8-2 locomotives
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. South Australian Railways 709, Mile End, South Australia, 1952: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. South Australian Railways 700 class locomotive no 700 ca 1932 (background removed): South Australian Railways photographer· Public domain
- 3. SAR 700 class, 620 class locos, machine gun carriers Islington Works erecting shop: South Australian Government Photolithographer· Public domain
- 4. National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide in April 2026 - 113: Yu Chu Chin· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. SAR 702 National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide 16 May 2021: Redhen334· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The South Australian Railways 700 class is a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 101 years ago, in 1925.
- 22.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 42 years (1926–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1925
- in service from
- 1926
- retired
- 1968
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Armstrong Whitworth
- designer
- Fred Shea
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2 1′D1′ 2′2′
- length
- 22.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18392197, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways 700 class (steam) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.