Steam Locomotives on the Port Lincoln Division

The following is a listing of all steam locomotives that have worked on the Port Lincoln Division, to the best of my knowledge. If you have any additions or corrections, I would be glad to hear from you.

The dates shown are taken from published records, including Steam Locomotives and Railcars of the South Australian Railways (1986, MERM) and from the article in the ARHS Bulletin, August and September 1947, by G.H.Eardley.

Yx122 shunting at Port Lincoln, circa 1960.
Photo: E.M.Isaacson

Last updated 5 Oct 2006.

Locomotive

To Port Lincoln

Condemned or
left Pt L

Scrapped at Port Lincoln

Comments

Contractors' locomotives

Jung
0-4-0WT
b/n 690
of 1903
13 Dec 1911 1912   Location unknown 1903-1911. Smith & Timms, Yeelanna, then Willunga. To BHP Whyalla no.9, 1927.
Dubs & Co
2-6-0
b/n 3385
of 1896
("Number 1")
Jul 1912 Jun 1915   Built for Baxter & Prince, WA, named Yalgoo. Baxter & Saddler, Mount Lyell, 1899. Smith & Timms, Eyre Peninsula, 1912. Sold to CR 1916, became NFA8 on NAR. Withdrawn 1925, scrapped c.1960.
Hudswell Clarke
0-6-0T
b/n 271
of 1884
1914 1921   Built for TGR as 7B. To MLMRC no. 1 Carbine, 1896. Stanley breakwater construction 1902. To Eyre Peninsula 1914. To Wallaroo Mt Lyell Fertiliser, Wallaroo, 1921. Scrapped c.1927.

U Class (2-6-0)

U2 27 Feb 1915 1924   Condemned 15 May 1906. Reinstated 6 Dec 1911. To Construction Branch for Wandana-Penong line 20 Sep 1922. Withdrawn 1 Nov 1924.

U3

26 Mar 1915  

1929

Condemned 7 Sep 1904. Reinstated Oct 1906. Withdrawn 1923. Condemned 17 May 1929, sold for scrap 29 Aug 1929.
U6 8 Mar 1915   1929 Rebuilt 1894. Withdrawn Dec 1925, condemned 17 May 1929, sold for scrap 29 Aug 1929.

V Class (0-4-4T)

V12 14 Jun 1910 1 Mar 1940   Delivered to Kingston SE. Later worked Port Germein Jetty, then Port Pirie. Rebuilt Dec 1892, to South-East. Condemned 17 Sep 1904. Reinstated 5 May 1909. Finally condemned at Port Lincoln.

W Class (2-6-0)

W14 June 1908 17 May 1929   Ex Construction Branch; withdrawn 1925
W27 25 Mar 1911 17 May 1929   Withdrawn 1925
W42 4 Mar 1911 17 May 1929   Withdrawn 1925
W53 17 Jun 1907 12 Jun 1915   Built for SAR, sold on arrival to Barry, Brooks & Fraser 1878. To SAR 1882. To E-in-C Dept Jun 1907 for Port Lincoln, repurchased by SAR 11 Nov 1907. Sold to Teesdale Smith Dec 1911. Sold to CR, left Port Lincoln per SS Nardoo 12 Jun 1915. Became CR NF5 at Darwin. Withdrawn Dec 1945. Used in film We of the Never Never in 1981. Preserved at Pine Creek (NT) but carrying NF2 plates.
W54 28 Jan 1907 Jun 1915   Built for SAR, sold on arrival to Barry, Brooks & Fraser 1878. To SAR 1882. To Millar Bros 1887-1889. To E-in-C Dept Jan 1907 for Port Lincoln, repurchased by SAR 11 Nov 1907. Sold to Teesdale Smith 26 Jan 1912. Sold to CR, left Port Lincoln per SS Rupara Jun 1915 for repairs at Islington. Became NF6 at Darwin. Blown off jetty into Darwin Harbour during air raid 19 Feb 1942.

Wx Class (2-6-0)

Wx25 11 Jun 1914 17 May 1929   Withdrawn 1926

Wx26

6 Feb 1917 17 May 1929   Withdrawn 1926
Wx28 21 Jan 1914 17 May 1929   Withdrawn 1925
Wx29 28 Mar 1916 17 May 1929   Withdrawn 1926
Wx34 10 Nov 1915 17 May 1929   Withdrawn 1926
Wx40 13 Aug 1912 17 May 1929   Withdrawn 1925

Y Class (2-6-0)

Y22 19 Feb 1921 12 Aug 1929   Built 1891 for Tarrawingee Tramway, Broken Hill, NSW. Sold to Baxter & Saddler, then to SAR as Y195 8 Feb 1892. To E-in-C Dept 1893-1894. Renumbered Y22 10 Jan 1895. Condemned and sold for scrap 12 Aug 1929.
Y57 24 Feb 1920 17 May 1929   Withdrawn 1925
Y58 29 Mar 1951 18 Jul 1958    
Y63 24 Nov 1923 7 Nov 1939    
Y65 22 Sep 1922 1 Dec 1934    
Y69 2 Feb 1918 1 Dec 1934  

Withdrawn 30 Nov 1928

Y70 4 Nov 1924 12 Aug 1929    
Y75 29 Jan 1924 1 Dec 1934    
Y80 19 Feb 1918 27 Feb 1940    
Y81 1 Oct 1922 1 Dec 1934    
Y94 28 Apr 1924 1 Dec 1934    
Y99 17 Jan 1918 1 Dec 1934    
Y103 1 Dec 1923 7 Nov 1939    
Y163 1 Nov 1920 17 May 1929    

Yx Class (2-6-0)

Yx38 26 Dec 1925 10 Mar 1944  

To CR NFB93

Yx108 Jul 1927 6 Apr 1944  

To CR NFB94, then TGR F2

Yx112 Dec 1946   11 Jan 1963  
Yx115 Oct 1933   11 Jan 1963  
Yx116 6 Nov 1923 5 Sep 1941   To CR NFB43, then TGR F3
Yx117 24 Nov 1926 10 Jun 1944   To CR NFB96, then TGR F1, then Emu Bay Railway 19
Yx118 May 1956   11 Jan 1963  
Yx121 24 Jun 1927 3 Feb 1944   To CR NFB91, then TGR F spares
Yx122 Oct 1933   23 Aug 1963  
Yx126 20 Nov 1925 5 Feb 1942   To CR NFB47
Yx132 26 Mar 1927 29 Mar 1942   Withdrawn 1930; to CR NFB49 1942
Yx138 2 Dec 1923 5 Feb 1942   To CR NFB48, then TGR F4
Yx140 28 Oct 1925 21 Aug 1944   To CR NFB97
Yx141 Jul 1927   7 Oct 1963 Preserved
Yx154 1 Oct 1927 23 Dec 1943   To CR NFB89
Yx156 20 Oct 1927 25 Sep 1941   To CR NFB46, then TGR F spares
Yx160 Feb 1926 29 Mar 1942   To CR NFB51
Yx162 Mar 1956   11 Jan 1963  
Yx164 Nov 1926 18 Jul 1958    
Yx166 13 Feb 1926 5 Sep 1941  

To CR NFB44, then TGR F spares

Yx169 24 Oct 1925 5 May 1944   To CR NFB95
Yx173 Jun 1927 23 Jan 1935    
Yx178 15 Jan 1926 25 Sep 1941   To CR NFB45

Z Class (4-4-0)

Z191 Mar 1950 16 Oct 1956    
Z192 27 Jul 1950 16 Oct 1956    
Z195 Feb 1950 16 Oct 1956    

T Class (4-8-0)

T23 20 Sep 1952 22 Jun 1970    
T45 Nov 1934 22 Jun 1970    
T46 Mar 1925 Feb 1942
or 1940
  To CR NMA50, then SAR PB
T48 Dec 1960 22 Jun 1970    
T50 Jun 1935
Feb 1946
May 1942
Feb 1962
  To CR NMA54, then SAR PB,
then PL again, then PB
T180 Nov 1952 7 Sep 1967 7 Mar 1969 Class leader
T185 Jun 1956 18 Nov 1963   To PB
T197 Nov 1957 9 Jul 1964 7 Sep 1964  
T203 May 1956 2 Feb 1967 7 Mar 1969  
T207 Dec 1956 31 Oct 1968 7 Mar 1969  
T209 Jan 1925 22 Jun 1970    
T210 Dec 1956 18 Sep 1967 7 Mar 1969  
T212 Jun 1929
Nov 1946
1942
28 Oct 1966
 
7 Mar 1969
To PB 1942, then CR NMA52; returned to PL 1946. Non-extended smokebox
T213 1930 1942   To PB
T214 1930
Feb 1958
1942
22 Jun 1970
  To PB 1942-58
T215 1930 1942   To PB
T216 Feb 1925 28 Oct 1966 7 Mar 1969 Possibly to PB 1942, returned to PL some time later
T217 Dec 1960 31 Oct 1968 7 Mar 1969  
T229 Sep 1928 2 Feb 1967 7 Mar 1969  
T231 Nov 1924   7 Jul 1964 Non-extended smokebox
T234 1945 22 Jun 1970    
T238 Sep 1961 31 Oct 1968 7 Mar 1969  
T241 Aug 1961 22 Jun 1970    
T243 4 Oct 1952 1962   To PB
T246 Oct 1946 31 Oct 1968 7 Mar 1969  
T256 3 Nov 1934 Feb 1942   To CR NMA53, then SAR PB