Mile End Railway Museum

All these photos of exhibits at the Mile End Railway Museum were taken in August 1986. The museum has rolling stock from South Australian Railways and Commonwealth Railways.

SAR 500B class 4-8-4 504

SAR 1600 mm gauge Armstrong Whitworth built 500B class boster equiped 4-8-4.

Cr G class G 1

Commonwealth Railways first passenger locomotive. Standard gauge G class 4-6-0 number G 1. These locomotives were copies of New South Wales Railways C32 class 4-6-0.

SAR 520 class 523

SAR built streamlined 1600 mm gauge 520 class 4-8-4 number 523.

SAR Belgian built 1060 mm gauge 400 class 4-8-2-2-8-4 Garrat number 409.

SAR 900 class

SAR built 1600 mm gauge 1600 hp A1A-A1A diesel locomotive. This was SAR's first main line diesel locomotive. The body design is similar to ALCO's PA series. The Bogies are similar to EMD's E unit bogies. The engine and electrical system was supplied by English Electric.

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