South Australian Railways 400 class

South Australian Railways 400 class Beyer-Garratt articulated locomotive
Preserved Beyer-Garratt loco 409 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Société Franco-Belge, Raismes, France under licence from Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd, Gorton, UK Serial number Beyer, Peacock: 7622–7631 Franco-Belge: 2973–2982 Build date 1952–1953 Total produced 10
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-8-2+2-8-4 (Garratt)  • UIC (2′D1′)(2′D1′) h4t Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 0 in (1.219 m) Length 87 ft 5 in (26.64 m) over coupling points Adhesive weight 84.900 long tons (86.262 tonnes; 95.088 short tons) Loco weight 148.955 long tons (151.345 tonnes; 166.830 short tons) Fuel type Oil Fuel capacity 1,680 imperial gallons (2,018 US gal; 7,637 L) Water cap. 3,700 imperial gallons (4,444 US gal; 16,821 L) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 49 sq ft (4.6 m2) Boiler pressure 200 psi (1,379 kPa) Heating surface 1,970 sq ft (183 m2) Superheater: ​  • Heating area 390 sq ft (36 m2) Cylinders Four, outside Cylinder size 16 in × 24 in (406 mm × 610 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 43,520 lbf (193.6 kN) Factor of adh. 4.37
Career Operators South Australian Railways Numbers 400–409 First run 1953 Preserved 2

The South Australian Railways 400 class was a class of 4-8-2+2-8-4 articulated steam locomotives built in France in 1952 and 1953 under licence to Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd, Manchester, UK. The locomotives mainly hauled ore on the 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) narrow gauge line from the SA/NSW border to smelters at Port Pirie until 1963, when they were replaced by diesel locomotives. They also operated on the lines to Terowie and Quorn. Some locomotives were returned to service in 1969 while narrow gauge diesel locomotives were converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Subsequently some were stored at Peterborough before being scrapped.

Two have been preserved, in static condition:

• No. 402 at the Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow
• No. 409 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide.

Gallery

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  General arrangement of the 400 class Beyer-Garratt (click to enlarge)
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  Preserved Garratt 409 at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide
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  In 1968, Garratts 402 (leading) and 401 ready to depart Jamestown for Peterborough and the New South Wales border
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  Garratts 402 and 401 at Jamestown in the late 1960s

Select bibliography

• Durrant, A.E. (1987), Garratt locomotives of the world, Bracken Books, ISBN 1-85170-141-9
• Smith, J.D.H. (2009). "South Australian Railways steam locomotives".
• Oberg, Leon (2007), Locomotives of Australia: 1850s–2007, Rosenberg Publishing, pp. 271–272, ISBN 1877058548

External links

• Media related to South Australian Railways 400 class locomotives at Wikimedia Commons
• Locomotive Specifications at SteamLocomotive.com