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South Australian Railways 350 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Islington Railway Workshops· from 1949· class of 2 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DSC 6039 South Australian Railways locomotive 351, Milang, South Australia: John Jennings from Adelaide, Australia· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The South Australian Railways 350 class comprised two diesel-electric locomotives built by the railway's Islington Railway Workshops, entering service in June 1949. They were the first diesel-electric locomotives built in Australia and the first to be 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 77 years ago, in 1949.
- 10.7 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 30 years (1949–1979).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1949
- in service from
- 1949
- retired
- 1979
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Islington Railway Workshops
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- 27 km/h
- power
- 261 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 10.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7566135, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways 350 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.