South Australian Railways P class 2-4-0 Tank Engine. The locomotives in this class were built Beyer Peacock (1884) and James Martin & Co of Gawler (1893). This locomotive was one of the later batch, built by James Martin & Co. This class was based on a similar 2-4-0 which ran on the Isle of Wight railway in the United Kingdom. The class was originally built to haul suburban trains, replaced the small tank engines running on the Glenelg line (now a tramway) when the SAR purchased that operation in 1899, running on that line until 1929. The class served the rest of their working life as shunters at depots like Mile End and Tailem Bend as well as hauling shuttle goods on the Pelican Point line, as well as the occasional commuter working until replaced by the 350 and 500 class shunting diesels. All were out of service by 1960, and only one (117) was saved from scrap by the then new Mile End Railway Museum. This locomotive, number 117 is an example of the later batch built by James Martin & Co. The engine was built in 1893, and was the first engine the Mile End Railway Museum (now known as the National Railway Museum) saved from scrap in 1963. It has been on static display since. This Trainz model depicts the locomotive in a faded and weathered livery, like it would have had in service with the South Australian Railways. Special Thanks to Gabby Sexton, curator of the National Railway Museum for photographs and information, as well as http://www.australiansteam.com/P117.htm and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australian_Railways_P_class. This model is made for standard gauge, though the prototype is broad gauge because most existing SAR content is standard gauge.
Тип: traincar