South Australian Railways Y class

South Australian Railways Y / Yx class

Y97 at Jamestown in October 1967
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Beyer, Peacock & Co
Islington Railway Workshops
James Martin & Co
Build date 1885-1898
Total produced 129
Specifications
Configuration 2-6-0
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Length 39 ft 3 in (11.96 m)
Total weight 47 long tons 15 cwt (107,000 lb or 48.5 t)
Fuel type Coal
Fuel capacity 4 long tons 10 cwt (10,100 lb or 4.6 t)
Water cap 1,600 imperial gallons (7,300 l; 1,900 US gal)
Boiler pressure 145 lbf/in2 (1.00 MPa)
Cylinders 2 outside
Cylinder size 14.5 in × 20 in (368 mm × 508 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 13,289 lbf (59.11 kN)
Career
Operators South Australian Railways
Numbers Y22, Y38, Y43, Y49, Y57-Y106, Y1108-Y142, Y147-Y179, Y195
Preserved Y71, Y82, Yx86, Y97, Y109, Yx141, Yx176
Disposition 7 preserved, 122 scrapped

The South Australian Railways Y class was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways.

History

The Y class was the largest class of steam locomotive operated by the South Australian Railways (SAR) with 129 built between 1885 and 1898. Beyer, Peacock & Co, Manchester built 50, James Martin & Co of Gawler 77 and the Islington Railway Workshops two. They operated across the SAR's narrow gauge network. Between 1904 and 1924, 48 were fitted with new Belpaire boilers and reclassified as the Yx class. [1][2]

They were part of what became almost an Australian 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) standard, as locomotives of similar design served in large numbers as the Silverton Tramway Y class, Tasmanian Government Railways C class and Western Australian Government Railways G class, and also in Queensland and on the Emu Bay Railway and North Australia Railway[3]

Some were sold for further service to railway construction companies while others saw further service on the timber railway lines of Western Australia. During World War II, 18 were sold to the Commonwealth Railways for use on the North Australia Railway as the Nfb class. Seven of these were sold in 1948 to the Tasmanian Government Railways, but only four entered service as F1-F4.[2][4]

Preserved units

References

  1. Turner, Jim (1997). Australian Steam Locomotives 1896-1958. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press. p. 9. ISBN 086417778X.
  2. 1 2 Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010. Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 65/66. ISBN 9781921719011.
  3. 1 2 "Y97". National Railway Museum. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  4. "Steam Locomotives of the Tasmanian Government Railways and its Constituents" Australian Railway History issue 917 March 2014 page 14
  5. Y71 Australian Steam
  6. Yx86 Australian Steam
  7. Y97 Australian Steam
  8. Y109 Australian Steam
  9. NFB88 Australian Steam
  10. Yx141 Australian Steam
  11. Yx176 Australian Steam

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