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South Australian Railways 750 class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1950· class of 10 Australian 2-8-2 locomotives (ex VR N class)
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SAR 752, NRM, 2014: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SAR 752 NRM 18 April 2025: Redhen334· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide in April 2026 - 067: Yu Chu Chin· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide in April 2026 - 073: Yu Chu Chin· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide in April 2026 - 096: Yu Chu Chin· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. SAR 752 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide - December 2022: Michael Coghlan· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The South Australian Railways 750 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 76 years ago, in 1950.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 19 years (1950–1969).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1950
- in service from
- 1950
- retired
- 1969
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- South Australian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 20.4 m
- weight
- 77.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7566144, Wikipedia: South Australian Railways 750 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.