History
In January 1862, Slaughter Gruning & Co, Bristol delivered two locomotives of 2-4-0 wheel arrangement to the Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company. Only one was required, so the second was sold to the South Australian Railways in April 1862, entering service numbered 10. It was joined by the other locomotive in January 1865, numbered 13. A third example was delivered by the Avonside Engine Company, Bristol in September 1865 and numbered 14. [1]
In 1878, a further three that had been made redundant by a track gauge conversion project were purchased from the Canterbury Railway of New Zealand. All were aboard the ship Hyderabad , which ran aground on 24 June 1878 on Waitarere Beach between Ōtaki and Foxton. They eventually arrived at Port Adelaide on other ships. The first entered traffic in April 1880. [1]
In September 1881, no. 13 was converted to a tender locomotive for use on the Kapunda to Adelaide line. A seventh was built in 1882 by the Adelaide Locomotive Works using parts from other locomotives. Number 13 was the first withdrawn, in September 1896; the last, nos. 49 and 51, were withdrawn in April 1929. [1] [2]
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