The old railway line between Port Adelaide and Semaphore in Adelaide’s northwest ran along Semaphore Road for part of its journey. Along with Ellen Street in Port Pirie (SA), Denison Street in Rockhampton (Qld) and Calder Highway in Wycheproof (Vic) and a few others, this was not a common sight in Australia, unlike Asia and North America.
The SA Railways 620 Class were 4-6-2 type. Fred Shea, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the SAR designed a 140-long-ton Pacific type. A total of 10 were produced at the Islington shops over 1936-38.
Class leader (#620) has the distinction of being the first streamlined locomotive built in Australia, beating the Victorian S Class conversions by about a year. (Pic via. State Library of South Australia)
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