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Silverton Tramway Co. Y 12 The last Silverton Tramway Y-class in service |
Y 12 displayed at the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide on
24 September 2005.Silverton Tramway's Y-class locomotives were modified by the addition of lead weights to increase traction;
these can be seen on the running board above the driving wheels.
The tender also has raised sides to increase coal capacity.
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Y 12 was built by Beyer Peacock & Co (builder's number 3536 of 1893) as one of the Silverton Tramway Company Ltd's Y-class locomotives for minerals and general traffic over their 56km route connecting Broken Hill with the South Australian Railways at Cockburn. The Silverton Tramway Co. owned 21 of these handy Y-class locomotives at various times, but a maximum of 17 at any one time and thus they bore numbers Y 1 - Y 17. While the majority of these Y-class locomotives were supplied in 2-6-0 tender configuration, two examples (Y 5 & Y 6) were built with 2-6-2T configuration. Y 12 was the last of the Silverton Tramway Co. Y-class engines in service when withdrawn in September 1964. Together with A 21 and W 25 it was obtained by the Australian Railway Historical Society (South Australian Division) for display at the Mile End Railway Museum, which it entered in October 1965. Together with other Mile End exhibits, Silverton Tramway Y 12 was transferred to the new Port Dock Station Museum (now the National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide) in 1988 where it is displayed as a static exhibit. |
An earlier scanned photos view of Y 12 displayed at the Port Dock museum. 20 July 2002
References
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Fluck R. E., Sampson R., & Bird K. J. 'Steam locomotives and Railcars of the South Australian Railways', published by The Mile End Railway Museum (SA) Inc, 1986. |
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Wilson, J. 'The Mile End Railway Museum - the first ten years", published by the Australian Railway Historical Society (SA Division) , 1974 |
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