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South Australian Railways R class

Index South Australian Railways R class

The South Australian Railways R class, later upgraded to Rx Class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the South Australian Railways. [1]

22 relations: Belpaire firebox, Dübs and Company, Glasgow, Islington Railway Workshops, James Martin & Co, Kadina, South Australia, Kapunda, Loxton, South Australia, McLaren Vale, Murray Bridge, South Australia, National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, North British Locomotive Company, Nuriootpa, South Australia, South Australian Railways, Steam locomotive, SteamRanger Heritage Railway, Stephenson valve gear, Tailem Bend, South Australia, Victor Harbor, South Australia, Walkers Limited, William Alfred Webb, 4-6-0.

Belpaire firebox

The Belpaire firebox is a type of firebox used on steam locomotives.

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Dübs and Company

Dübs & Co. was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Islington Railway Workshops

The Islington Railway Workshops are railway workshops in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.

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James Martin & Co

James Martin & Co was an Australian engineering company which progressed from making agricultural equipment to making railway locomotives.

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Kadina, South Australia

Kadina is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of the Australian state of South Australia, approximately 144 kilometres north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide.

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Kapunda

Kapunda is a town on the Light River and near the Barossa Valley in South Australia.

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Loxton, South Australia

Loxton is a town on the south bank of the River Murray in the Riverland region of South Australia.

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McLaren Vale

McLaren Vale is Australia's premium food and wine region centred at the town of McLaren Vale approximately 43 km south of Adelaide in South Australia.

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Murray Bridge, South Australia

Murray Bridge (formerly Mobilong and Edwards Crossing) is a city in the Australian state of South Australia, located east-southeast of the state's capital city, Adelaide, and north of the town of Meningie.

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National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide

The National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is Australia's largest railway museum with over 100 exhibits on display, primarily from the Commonwealth and South Australian Railways.

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North British Locomotive Company

The North British Locomotive Company (NBL, NB Loco or North British) was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp, Stewart and Company (Atlas Works), Neilson, Reid and Company (Hyde Park Works) and Dübs and Company (Queens Park Works), creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe and the British Empire.

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Nuriootpa, South Australia

Nuriootpa is the major commercial centre in the Barossa Valley in South Australia, about an hour's drive north of the capital, Adelaide, and 77 kilometres by rail.

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South Australian Railways

South Australian Railways was the statutory corporation through which the Government of South Australia built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 until March 1978, when its non-urban railways were incorporated into Australian National, and its Adelaide urban lines were transferred to the State Transport Authority.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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SteamRanger Heritage Railway

The SteamRanger Heritage Railway is a historic train society in South Australia running trains on the Victor Harbor railway line.

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Stephenson valve gear

The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for all kinds of steam engines.

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Tailem Bend, South Australia

Tailem Bend is a progressive river town on the Murray River in South Australia.

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Victor Harbor, South Australia

Victor Harbor is a town located within the City of Victor Harbor on the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, about south of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.

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Walkers Limited

Walkers Limited was an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland.

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William Alfred Webb

William Alfred Webb (1878–1936) was an American railroad executive who gained wide experience within US railroads and served in the management of nationwide railroad operations during World War 1 before being appointed Commissioner of the South Australian Railways from 1922 to 1930.

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4-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, represents the configuration of four leading wheels on two axles in a leading bogie, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels.

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South Australian Railways Rx class.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australian_Railways_R_class

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