Port
Adelaide
Locomotives
English
Electric 800 Bo-Bo Class Diesel- Electric Locomotive
Gillman
Yard’s locomotives were "shunt engines” like this one. Built by English Electric, Rocklea, Queensland,
in the Late 50’s and among the first diesel electric locomotives utilised by
the South Australian Railways, their operational life ended with the readiness
for privatisation of Australian National Railways, deemed unsuitable for main
line working they were scrapped in the early 90’s.
The
English Electric 800 Class locomotives hauled freight around the Adelaide
metropolitan area and in later life were delegated to shunt engines in the Port
Adelaide area doing a mixed roll of hauling local freight trains and shunting.
The term "shunt engine" is rail slang, meaning an engine / locomotive employed to move other locomotives or wagons around the various shunt yards and private sidings.
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Class: |
800
Class Diesel Electric |
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Builder: |
English
Electric, Rocklea, Queensland. |
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Ordered |
1955 |
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Delivered |
1956
- 57 |
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Number
in Class: |
10
(800 – 809) All scrapped except 801 in the National Railway Museum |
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Wheel
Arrangement: |
Bo-Bo |
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|
Guage |
Broad |
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Wheel
Diameter (Driven): |
1.07
m |
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Total
weight: |
73.2
t |
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Fuel
Capacity: |
700
gallons. / 3180 litres |
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Maximum
Speed: |
97
km/h |
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Length
(over coupling points): |
44'
10" / 13.67 m |
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Maximum
Axle Load: |
18.3
t |
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Engine: |
|
English
Electric |
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|
|
EE
6 SRKT |
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|
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6
Cylinder in line |
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Generator |
EE
827 |
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Traction
Motors |
EE
526/539 |
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Number
of traction motors |
4 |
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Power:
|
485
kW |
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Power
|
660
kW / 885 Hp |
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Gear
ratio: |
56:15
or 65:15 |
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Tractive
Effort |
Starting: |
179
kN |
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Continuous: |
102
kN at 14 km/h |
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Horsepower
(Traction): |
750 |
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Note: Believe 800 (Serial No. A-001) had different traction motors which explains the horsepower difference (800 the only one)
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Loco |
Serial
# |
In
Service |
Withdrawn |
Scrapped |
Comments |
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800
(later 810) |
A-001 |
5/1956 |
10/1991 |
8/1994 |
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801 |
A-002 |
6/1956 |
12/1991 |
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Preserved |
|
802 |
A-003 |
7/1956 |
7/1991 |
8/1994 |
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803 |
A-004 |
10/1956 |
7/1991 |
? |
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804 |
A-006 |
12/1956 |
10/1990 |
3/1992 |
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805 |
A-008 |
2/1957 |
10/1991 |
6/1994 |
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806 |
A-011 |
3/1957 |
12/1987 |
? |
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807 |
A-012 |
5/1957 |
11/1988 |
6/1994 |
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808 |
A-015 |
7/1957 |
2/1991 |
3/1992 |
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809 |
A-017 |
8/1957 |
5/1991 |
6/1994 |
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Some of the facts & figures are
supplied by John Cleverdon.
Please check John's pages for further information
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