DescriptionLoading gauge profile vehicle for South Australian Railways 500 class locomotives, 1926 (NRM 17-336-mb-b21-d15).jpg
English: In readiness for the arrival, in mid-1926, of three classes of locomotives ordered by Railways Commissioner
William Webb – considerably bigger than any previous locomotive – the South Australian Railways prepared a loading gauge vehicle to test the ability of the new arrivals to get past platforms and other potential obstructions. The
500 class4-8-2 was the largest of the locomotives, so this vehicle simulated the outermost points of its outline. On the left of the photo is the cab, to the right the cylinders, and at the top front the smokestack. The vehicle, which was towed, was photographed at
Adelaide railway station.
Date
early 1926
date QS:P,+1926-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P4241,Q40719727
Source
National Railway Museum, South Australia -- ref 17-336-mb-b21-d15
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Loading gauge profile vehicle for South Australian Railways 500 class locomotives, 1926
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Image title
c.1920s Adelaide Station SAR profile Wagon in platform - checking outline of new Webb locos (Dave Parsons Collection - Murray Billett Collection mb-b21-d15)