|
|
Sandfly South Australian Railways No.107 |
|
Sandfly was displayed on the platform at Keswick station, Adelaide from 1984 to 2004.
It is seen here on 19 July 2002.
|
‘Sandfly’
was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Pennsylvania in 1886 as their
builder's number 7860 and appears to be a standard design of 0-4-0ST
locomotive for shunting and construction work. It came to Australia as a
contractor's locomotive used by C & E Millar during construction of the
North Australia Railway south from Darwin. In
1889 Sandfly was sold to the South Australian Railways (SAR), receiving the
road number 107 and used as Port Darwin (Palmerston) jetty shunter. Ownership
of Sandfly was transferred to the newly-created Commonwealth Railways on 1
January 1911, along with other SAR assets assigned to the North Australia
Railway. Sandfly
was withdrawn from service in Darwin in 1950. Fortunately it was retained for
preservation and displayed at the Port Augusta railway station between 1960
and 1982. Sandfly
received a static restoration prior to being placed on display on the
platform at Keswick station, Adelaide in 1984. On
2 August 2004, Sandfly returned to the Northern Territory on the rear of the
Ghan passenger train and was placed on display at the new Berrimah passenger
terminal, Darwin. |
References
|
a |
L. Oberg, 'Locomotives
of Australia', |
|
b |
Fluck
R. E., Sampson R., & Bird K. J. published by The Mile End
Railway Museum (SA) Inc, 1986. |
|
c |
Information
provided by Scott Hillan via email dated 7 August
2004. |
Page updated: 13 March 2019
|
Government Railways: |
|
|||||||||
|
Private & Industrial Railways: |
|