The South Australian Railways 400 class was a class of 4-8-2+2-8-4 articulated steam locomotives built in France in 1952 and 1953 under licence to Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd,

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, UK. The locomotives mainly hauled ore on the narrow gauge line from the SA/NSW border to smelters at

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until 1963, when they were replaced by diesel locomotives. They also operated on the lines to Terowie and

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. Some locomotives were returned to service in 1969 while narrow gauge diesel locomotives were converted to . Subsequently some were stored at before being scrapped. Two have been preserved, in static condition: *No. 402 at the

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, Lithgow *No. 409 at the

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at SteamLocomotive.com Franco-Belge locomotives Beyer, Peacock locomotives 4-8-2+2-8-4 locomotives Garratt locomotives

400 __NOTOC__ Year 400 ( CD) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Stilicho and Aurelianus (or, less frequently, year ...

Railway locomotives introduced in 1953 3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of Australia {{SouthAustralia-rail-transport-stub Freight locomotives