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SA	Rx	520	620	Wolseley

520 Class 4-8-4 Mountain

Like the 500 class, and for the same reason, the 520 class were also known as "Mountain Types". However, these locomotives were much lighter, had wider route availability, and were used more exclusively on passenger workings.

520

Image : dir=sa/520class/ page=index 99255 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : late 1970s (?), catalogued Photographer : Anne Squire Medium : personal photograph, used with permission Description : 520 snorts her way through Pinera station with an enthusiast special, while watched by some admiring young locals.

Image : dir=sa/520class/ page=index 102460 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : late 1970s (?), catalogued Photographer : Anne Squire Medium : personal photograph, used with permission Description : Same occasion as520-1, but this time at Blackwood station, on the return journey.

Image : dir=sa/520class/ page=index 102460 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 113812, 1011x628 pixels, catalogued Photographer : ? Medium : ? Description :

Image : dir=sa/520class/ page=index 64488 bytes, pixels Date : 6 Oct 1979, catalogued 13 Jan 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome, slide number 8092 Description : 520 refills in the darkness at Snowtown (?) on the return journey from Moonta. This train was billed as "The Last Train to Moonta".

Image : dir=sa/520class/ page=index 105784 bytes, pixels Date : 6 Oct 1979, catalogued 04 Mar 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 8083 Description : 520 surrounded by hordes of admirers and gawkers at Wallaroo, on "The Last Train to Moonta" (thanks to Rob Sandercock for a correction to this caption)

Image : dir=sa/520class/ page=index 81051 bytes, pixels Date : Oct 1979, catalogued 22 Nov 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome, slide number 8093 Description : Slicing through the night, 520's headlight and marker lamps put Star War's light sabres to shame!

Image : dir=sa/620class/ page=index 163185 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : 1991, catalogued 02 Jan 2001 Photographer : Stewart Hughes Medium : email digital image Description : Stewart writes: More from SA - in 1991 I think at the first Adelaide Grand Prix - a steam "race" out of the bizarre futuristic looking Adelaide station. These locos are 621, 520 and Rx207 - all of which you already have well documented on your website. Note the helicopter!

Image : dir=sa/620class/ page=index 91637 bytes, 400x600 pixels Date : 1991, catalogued 02 Jan 2001 Photographer : Stewart Hughes Medium : email digital image Description : Stewart writes: Adelaide station really is quite bizarre! 621, 521 and 207 at the platforms.

523

Image : dir=sa/520class/ page=index 131114 bytes, 724x496 pixels Date : 1970s, catalogued 22 Nov 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : PCD-01/015 Description : 523 poses for her portrait at the Mile End Railway Museum. Unfortunately, someone forgot to complete the makeup, and only 523's nose has been powdered.

Image : dir=sa/520class/ page=index 131114 bytes, 724x496 pixels Date : 1993, catalogued 23 Jul 1997 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Description : 523 poses for her portrait, this time at the Port Dock Railway Museum. At last her makeup is complete!

Image : dir=sa/520class/ page=index 44295 bytes, pixels Date : Oct 1979, catalogued 04 Mar 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome, slide number 8096 Description : The distinctive Lowry lines of the 520 class streamlining are evident here. Contrast this version with the original 520 version, used on 520, 521 and 522: personally, I much prefer this one.

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