Re: 830 Class

[nldoncas@cobweb.com.au (Nic Doncaster)]

"Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au> writes:
> The 830 would have to be on standard gauge anyway to get from SA to
> Kalgoorlie, so this doesn't answer the question of if they were ever there.
> Regards,
> -- 
> Chris Stratton
> Wollongong, NSW, Australia
> stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au
> 
> Peter Ware <pware@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
> <34BD55C3.286A@ozemail.com.au>...
> > Goodwin Alco wrote:
> > > 
> > > Can anyone confirm if the SA 830 class have been used as shunters at
> > > Kalgoorlie or indeed if they have ever made it there please.
> > >                         Thanks   Brad Peadon
> > 
> > Kalgoolie is now all standard gauge, the only remaining narrow gauge is
> > the tourist line at Boulder where an ex-WA diesel shunter (I do not
> > recall the type) is used. 

and from what I have heard, the Superpit made it shorter.
> > 
> > Peter Ware
> > 
For those who may not know, the 830 class worked/works all guages of SA, the 
skinny, the standard, and the fat.

what is perhaps the biggest pocket still in service would be those working ex 
Thev or Port Lincoln.

nic