Broad Gauge 720B class 2-8-4 locomotives

720 to 736

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729	730	731	732	733	734	735	736

Year:		1930
Number built:		17
Wheel arrangement:		2-8-4
Driving wheels diameter:		4'9"
Cylinders: - No., diameter & stroke:		2 x 22" x 28"
Valve gear:		Walschaert
Boiler pressure:		215 lbs
Tractive effort:		43,400 lbs
	with booster cut in	52,000 lbs
Heating surfaces:
	tubes:	2,615 sq. ft.
	superheater:	751 sq. ft.
	firebox:	360 sq. ft.
	grate area:	59.5 sq. ft.
Tender capacity:
	coal:	17 tons
	oil (locos converted to oilburning only)	3,060 gallons
	Water	9,000 gallons (9,400 gallons when oil fired)
Roadworthy weights:
	engine :	123.80 tons
	tender	104.00 tons
	on drivers	77.10 tons
	engine & tender:	227.40 tons
Maximum axle load:		19.85 tons
Wheelbases:
	engine	37' 1"
	rigid	15' 6"
	engine & tender	73' 3"
Overall length:		83' 6"
Notes: All engines fitted with Franklin C2 boosters = to 8,700 lbs tractive effort Nos.725-736 built with wide valence below the running board. Underframes for Nos.737-739 stored at the Islington Works, but never used. Cut up in the 1950s

720

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

26.11.1930	Entered service.
9.6.1959	WithDrawn
3.960	Scrapped - after running 729,376 miles

721

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

9.1.1931	Entered service.
14.4.1960	WithDrawn
18.2.1961	Scrapped - after running 720,199 miles

722

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

16.2.1931	Entered service.
19.8.1954	Collided with "701" at Manoora.
14.4.1960	WithDrawn
8.2.1962	Scrapped - after running 666,649 miles

723

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

29.4.1931	Entered service.
9.6.1959	WithDrawn
3.960	Scrapped - after running 597,085 miles

724

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

24.6.1931	Entered service.
14.4.1960	WithDrawn
18.4.1962	Scrapped - after running 681,635 miles

725

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

15.10.1938	Entered service.
30.9.1958	WithDrawn
30.10.1958	Scrapped - after running 433,043 miles

726

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

10.11.1938	Entered service.
14.4.1960	WithDrawn
18.5.1962	Scrapped - after running 501,977 miles

727

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

9.12.1938	Entered service.
9.6.1959	WithDrawn
3.1960	Scrapped - after running 484,132 miles

728

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

17.3.1939	Entered service.
9.6.1959	WithDrawn
3.1960	Scrapped - after running 469,460 miles

729

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

16.5.1939	Entered service.
26.3.1958	WithDrawn
3.1960	Scrapped - after running 440,715 miles

730

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

28.6.1939	Entered service.
9.6.1959	WithDrawn
3.1960	Scrapped - after running 452,095 miles

731

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

23.5.1942	Entered service.
9.6.1959	WithDrawn
3.1960	Scrapped - after running 433,572 miles

732

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

11.7.1942	Entered service.
9.6.1959	WithDrawn
3.1960	Scrapped - after running 426,762 miles

733

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

27.8.1942	Entered service.
9.6.1959	WithDrawn
3.1960	Scrapped - after running 454,359 miles

734

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

25.2.1943	Entered service.
26.3.1958	WithDrawn
-	Equipped with Cyclone front end
3.1960	Scrapped - after running 411,094 miles

735

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

23.6.1943	Entered service.
14.4.1960	WithDrawn
8.6.1963	Scrapped - after running 426,764 miles

736

South Australian Railways 2-8-4 type broad gauge steam locomotive built at the Islington Workshops, South Australia.

7.8.1943	Entered service.
14.4.1960	WithDrawn
26.6.1962	Scrapped - after running 411,097 miles