South Australian Railways 830 class

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South Australian Railways 830 class
844MtBarkerMay2024.jpg
SteamRanger locomotive 844 on display at Mount Barker, 26 May 2024
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
Builder AE Goodwin, Auburn
Serial numberAlco 83721-83730
Alco 83826
Alco 84136-84142
Alco 84702-84719
Alco G-3422-01 to G-3422-03
Alco G-6016-01 to G-6016-06
Model Alco DL531
Build date1959-1966
Total produced45
RebuilderAustralian National
Rebuild date1992-1998
Number rebuilt7
Specifications
Configuration:
   UIC Co-Co
Gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Wheel diameter40 in (1,016 mm)
LengthOver headstocks:
44 ft 3 in (13.49 m),
Over coupler pulling faces:
48 ft 5 in (14.76 m)
Width9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Height14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
Axle load 12 long tons 6 cwt (27,600 lb or 12.5 t)
Loco weight74 long tons 0 cwt (165,800 lb or 75.2 t)
Fuel type Diesel
Fuel capacity500 imp gal (2,300 L; 600 US gal)
Lubricant cap.116 imp gal (530 L; 139 US gal)
Coolant cap.90 imp gal (410 L; 110 US gal)
Sandbox cap.10 cu ft (0.28 m3)
Prime mover Alco 6-251B
RPM range375-1025
Engine type Four-stroke Inline 6 diesel
Aspiration Turbocharged
Generator General Electric 5GT 584
Traction motors General Electric 761
Cylinders 6
Cylinder size 9 in × 10.5 in (229 mm × 267 mm)
Performance figures
Maximum speed75 mph (121 km/h)
Power outputGross:
950 hp (710 kW),
For traction:
900 hp (670 kW)
Tractive effort Continuous: 40,200 lbf (178.82 kN)
at 8 mph (13 km/h)
Career
Operators Aurizon
Pacific National
QUBE Logistics
Junee Railway Workshop
Southern Shorthaul Railroad
SteamRanger Heritage Railway
Number in class45
Numbers830-874
First runDecember 1959
Last runDecember 1959
RetiredJanuary 1970
Preserved6
Current owner Aurizon
Pacific National
QUBE Logistics
Junee Railway Workshop
Southern Shorthaul Railroad
SteamRanger Heritage Railway
Disposition7 in service, 6 preserved, 10 stored, 22 scrapped

The 830 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by AE Goodwin, Auburn for the South Australian Railways between 1959 and 1966. The New South Wales 48 class and Silverton Rail 48s class are of a very similar design.

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History

In 1959, the South Australian Railways placed an order for 10 Alco DL531 locomotives for use in light freight haulage, especially on branch lines where a low axle load was essential. Further orders saw the fleet built up to 44 by February 1970 with 15 narrow gauge, 12 standard gauge and 17 broad gauge examples. In February 1970, an additional unit was purchased second hand from Silverton Tramway. [1]

In March 1978, 43 were included in the transfer of the South Australian Railways to Australian National with the other two (830 and 845) going to the State Transport Authority before also moving to Australian National. From July 1974 until December 1980 847–849, were loaned to the Public Transport Commission where they were pooled with the 48 class. [1] [2]

Following the conversion of the Adelaide to Alice Springs in the early 1980s and the release of some Commonwealth Railways NJ class locomotives, beginning in April 1980, some 830s were transferred to Australian National's TasRail operation with 20 transferred by August 1986. [1] [3] Withdrawals of the TasRail fleet commenced in late 1987 with only three in service by April 1989. Australian National transferred five back to South Australia while two were sold to Silverton Rail and shipped to Broken Hill. [1] [3] [4] One was preserved by the Don River Railway, Devonport. [5] The remainder were scrapped. [6] [7]

In 1991, six were rebuilt as the DA class with new cabs to allow them to be used as shunters. In December 1994 two 48 class locomotives were purchased from the State Rail Authority. [8] One was rebuilt as DA7 and the other scrapped. [1] They were later renumbered as the 900 class.

Australian National's remaining 830 class were all included with the sale of the South Australian freight operations to Australian Southern Railroad in August 1997.

In June 2000, three were sold to ATN Access for use on grain services. All were included in the sale of the business to Pacific National in February 2004, ending up in storage during the first few years of ownership under PN. 833 was scrapped in July 2016, while 845 was given to SteamRanger Heritage Railway, arriving at their Mt Barker depot in July 2017. [9] 838 remains stored in Junee, still wearing primer paint from its never completed overhaul. [7]

When Australian Railroad Group was dissolved, 852 passed to QR National (later Aurizon), while the other 830s and 900 class rebuilds went to Genesee and Wyoming Australia. 852 was sold to Junee Railway Workshop in 2008 and after being overhauled returned to service in 2012.

The remaining ex-GWA 830s and 900s passed to Aurizon in 2022 as part of their purchase of One Rail Australia (GWA's successor). The last ex-GWA 830s in service operated on the Eyre Peninsula Railway, only hauling gypsum trains to Thevenard after the cessation of grain services on the Eyre Peninsula Railway in 2019. All remaining operational ex-GWA 830s at Thevenard were stored upon the arrival of 2300 class locomotives from Queensland in 2023. [10] Some ex-GWA 900s remain as shunters at the Whyalla Steelworks.

Apart from the 2 preserved 830s, most of the operational 830s are based in NSW, usually operating services for Qube Logistics and Southern Shorthaul Railroad.


Status

The disposition of 830 class locomotives As Of Late 2024 Is as shown in the following table:

Status table

Key:In ServiceStoredPreservedConvertedUnknownScrapped
NumberCurrent NumberSerial NumberEntered ServiceOwnerStatusLiveryGaugeNotes
83090483721Dec 1959 Aurizon OperationalG&W Orange & Black With Aurizon LogosSGRenumbered 875, rebuilt as DA5, renumbered 904, Based At Whyalla
83183183722Feb 1960 Aurizon Stored, Dry Creek AN Green & Gold With G&W LogosBG
83290283723Apr 1960 Aurizon Stored, Thevenard G&W Orange & BlackNGRebuilt as DA2, renumbered 902
83383383724Apr 1960 Pacific National ScrappedAN Green & GoldSGEx ATN Access
83483483725May 1960 AN Tasrail ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
835DA383726May 1960 Australian Southern Railroad ScrappedAN Green & GoldBGRebuilt as DA3, Crashed Rosewater 1997, Scrapped 2001
83690583727Jun 1960 Aurizon Stored Thevenard G&W Orange & BlackNGRebuilt as DA6, renumbered 905,
83783783728Jun 1960 AN Tasrail ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
83883883729Jun 1960 Pacific National Stored, Junee PrimerSGEx ATN Access, Stored Ex uncompleted overhaul
83990383730Jun 1960 Aurizon Stored. Whyalla G&W Orange & BlackNGRebuilt as DA4, renumbered 903
84084084138May 1962 AN Tasrail ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
84184184139Jun 1962 Aurizon Stored, Dry CreekAN Green & Gold With G&W LogosBG
84284284140Aug 1962 Genesee & Wyoming Australia ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
84384384141Sep 1962 Pichi Richi Railway Under Restoration, Quorn AN Green & GoldNGEx One Rail Australia.
84484484142Oct 1962 SteamRanger Preserved, Operational, Mt Barker SAR Mustard PotBGEx One Rail Australia
84584584714Oct 1963 SteamRanger Preserved, Under Restoration, Mt Barker PrimerBGEx ATN Access and Pacific National
84684684715Nov 1963 Pichi Richi Railway Preserved, Under RestorationAN green & GoldNGEx AN Tasrail and One Rail Australia
847847G-6016-1Jun 1969 Genesee & Wyoming Australia ScrappedG&W Orange & BlackNG
848848G-6016-2Jul 1969 Genesee & Wyoming Australia ScrappedAustralian National Green & Gold With G&W LogosSG
849901G-6016-3Sep 1969 Aurizon OperationalG&W Orange & BlackSGRebuilt as DA1, renumbered T02, renumbered 901, Based At Whyalla
85085084136Mar 1962 Eyre Peninsula Railway Preservation Society Preserved, Port Lincoln G&W Orange & BlackNGEx Genesee & Wyoming Australia. [11] Operated only on the Port Lincoln Division
85185184137Apr 1962 Aurizon StoredG&W Orange & BlackNGOperated only on the Port Lincoln Division
85285284716Sep 1963 Junee Railway Workshop OperationalJRWSG
85385384717Oct 1963 AN Tasrail ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
85485484718Sep 1963 AN Tasrail ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
85585584719Oct 1963 AN Tasrail ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
85685684702Feb 1963 Silverton Rail ScrappedAN Green & GoldSGEx AN Tasrail
85748s3184703Apr 1963 Greentrains ScrappedSilverton Blue & YellowSGRenumbered 48s31, ex AN Tasrail
85885884704May 1963 AN Tasrail ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
85985984705May 1963 Aurizon StoredG&W Orange & BlackNGEx AN Tasrail
86086084706May 1963 AN Tasrail ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
86186184707Jun 1963 AN Tasrail ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
86286284708Jun 1963 Silverton Rail ScrappedAN Green & GoldSGEx AN Tasrail
86386384709Jun 1963 Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre Preserved, Peterborough AN Green & GoldSGEx Genesee & Wyoming [12]
86486484710Jul 1963 QUBE Logistics OperationalGreentrains green & yellowSGRenumbered 48s30, ex AN Tasrail
86586584711Jul 1963 Genesee & Wyoming Australia ScrappedAN Green & Gold With G&W LogosNGEx AN Tasrail
86686684712Jul 1963 Don River Railway Preserved, Operational, Devonport AN Green & GoldNGEx AN Tasrail
86786784713Aug 1963 AN Tasrail ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
868868G-6016-4Nov 1969 Australian Railroad Group ScrappedAN Green & GoldSG
869869G-6016-5Jan 1970 Southern Shorthaul Railroad OperationalGreentrains green & yellowSG
870906G-6016-6Jan 1970 Australian National ScrappedAN Green & GoldNG
871871G-3422-1Feb 1966Genesee & Wyoming AustraliaScrappedAN Green & GoldNGOperated only on the Port Lincoln Division
872872G-3422-2Mar 1966 QUBE Logistics OperationalGreentrains green & yellowSG
873873G-3422-3Apr 1966 Aurizon StoredAN Green & Gold With G&W LogosNGOperated only on the Port Lincoln Division
87490783826Dec 1960 Aurizon OperationalG&W Orange & Black with Aurizon LogosSGEx Silverton Tramway 27 Feb 1970, rebuilt as T01, renumbered 907
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General arrangement, South Australian Railways 830 class diesel-electric locomotive.png Penrice limestone train2.jpg
833 in South Australian Railways livery, to which "ANR" branding has been added, in 1983841 (in 1983) in the livery introduced by AN after it took over the SAR830 class general arrangement drawing by South Australian Railways832 re-numbering as Aurizon 902

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Oberg, Leon (2007). Locomotives of Australia 1854-2007. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 308. ISBN   978-1-877058-54-7.
  2. Railway Digest December 1984 page 391
  3. 1 2 830 Class Archived 11 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Rail Tasmania
  4. "Silverton" Railway Digest August 1990 page 286
  5. Steam & Diesel Locomotives & Railcars Archived 13 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Don River Railway
  6. Broad, Standard and Narrow Gauge 830-class diesel locomotives Archived 14 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Chris' Commonwealth Railways Pages
  7. 1 2 830 Class Archived 31 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  8. "State Rail's Locomotive Auction Results" Railway Digest January 1995 page 36
  9. "Did you see an engine on a semi rolling into Mt Barker today? Welcome Home 845!". Facebook. Steamranger Heritage Railway. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  10. Wenck, David. "Aurizon Investor Day Presentation". ListCorp. Aurizon Holding Limited. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  11. Archived 17 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Eyre Peninsula Railway Preservation Society
  12. "Preservation & Tourist" Railway Digest May 2016 page 58

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