# South Australian Railways 830 class

The 830 class are a class of diesel locomotives built by AE Goodwin, Auburn for the South Australian Railways between 1959 and 1966. The New South Wales 48 class and Silverton Rail 48s class are of a very similar design.

## History

In 1959, the South Australian Railways placed an order for 10 Alco DL531 locomotives for use in light freight haulage, especially on branch lines where a low axle load was essential. Further orders saw the fleet built up to 44 by February 1970 with 15 narrow gauge, 12 standard gauge and 17 broad gauge examples. In February 1970, an additional unit was purchased second hand from Silverton Tramway.
In March 1978, 43 were included in the transfer of the South Australian Railways to Australian National with the other two (830 and 845) going to the State Transport Authority before also moving to Australian National. From July 1974 until December 1980 847–849, were loaned to the Public Transport Commission where they were pooled with the 48 class.
Following the conversion of the Adelaide to Alice Springs in the early 1980s and the release of some Commonwealth Railways NJ class locomotives, beginning in April 1980, some 830s were transferred to Australian National's TasRail operation with 20 transferred by August 1986. Withdrawals of the TasRail fleet commenced in late 1987 with only three in service by April 1989. Australian National transferred five back to South Australia while two were sold to Silverton Rail and shipped to Broken Hill. One was preserved by the Don River Railway, Devonport. The remainder were scrapped.
In 1991, six were rebuilt as the DA class with new cabs to allow them to be used as shunters. In December 1994 two 48 class locomotives were purchased from the State Rail Authority. One was rebuilt as DA7 and the other scrapped. They were later renumbered as the 900 class.
Australian National's remaining 830 class were all included with the sale of the South Australian freight operations to Australian Southern Railroad in August 1997.
In June 2000, three were sold to ATN Access for use on grain services. All were included in the sale of the business to Pacific National in February 2004, ending up in storage during the first few years of ownership under PN. 833 was scrapped in July 2016, while 845 was given to SteamRanger Heritage Railway, arriving at their Mt Barker depot in July 2017. 838 remains stored in Junee, still wearing primer paint from its never completed overhaul.
When Australian Railroad Group was dissolved, 852 passed to QR National (later Aurizon), while the other 830s and 900 class rebuilds went to Genesee and Wyoming Australia. 852 was sold to Junee Railway Workshop in 2008 and after being overhauled returned to service in 2012.
The remaining ex-GWA 830s and 900s passed to Aurizon in 2022 as part of their purchase of One Rail Australia (GWA's successor). The last ex-GWA 830s in service operated on the Eyre Peninsula Railway, only hauling gypsum trains to Thevenard after the cessation of grain services on the Eyre Peninsula Railway in 2019. All remaining operational ex-GWA 830s at Thevenard were stored upon the arrival of 2300 class locomotives from Queensland in 2023. Some ex-GWA 900s remain as shunters at the Whyalla Steelworks.
Apart from the 2 preserved 830s, most of the operational 830s are based in NSW, usually operating services for Qube Logistics and Southern Shorthaul Railroad.

## Status

The disposition of 830 class locomotives As Of Late 2024 Is as shown in the following table:

## Status table

| Key: | In Service | Stored | Preserved | Converted | Unknown | Scrapped |
| Number | Current Number | Serial Number | Entered Service | Owner | Status | Livery | Gauge | Notes |
| 830 | 904 | 83721 | Dec 1959 | Aurizon | Operational | G&W Orange & Black With Aurizon Logos | SG | Renumbered 875, rebuilt as DA5, renumbered 904, Based At Whyalla |
| 831 | 831 | 83722 | Feb 1960 | Aurizon | Stored, Dry Creek | AN Green & Gold With G&W Logos | BG | |
| 832 | 902 | 83723 | Apr 1960 | Aurizon | Stored, Thevenard | G&W Orange & Black | NG | Rebuilt as DA2, renumbered 902 |
| 833 | 833 | 83724 | Apr 1960 | Pacific National | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | SG | Ex ATN Access |
| 834 | 834 | 83725 | May 1960 | AN Tasrail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 835 | DA3 | 83726 | May 1960 | Australian Southern Railroad | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | BG | Rebuilt as DA3, Crashed Rosewater 1997, Scrapped 2001 |
| 836 | 905 | 83727 | Jun 1960 | Aurizon | Stored Thevenard | G&W Orange & Black | NG | Rebuilt as DA6, renumbered 905, |
| 837 | 837 | 83728 | Jun 1960 | AN Tasrail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 838 | 838 | 83729 | Jun 1960 | Pacific National | Stored, Junee | Primer | SG | Ex ATN Access, Stored Ex uncompleted overhaul |
| 839 | 903 | 83730 | Jun 1960 | Aurizon | Stored. Whyalla | G&W Orange & Black | NG | Rebuilt as DA4, renumbered 903 |
| 840 | 840 | 84138 | May 1962 | AN Tasrail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 841 | 841 | 84139 | Jun 1962 | Aurizon | Stored, Dry Creek | AN Green & Gold With G&W Logos | BG | |
| 842 | 842 | 84140 | Aug 1962 | Genesee & Wyoming Australia | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 843 | 843 | 84141 | Sep 1962 | Pichi Richi Railway | Under Restoration, Quorn | AN Green & Gold | NG | Ex One Rail Australia. |
| 844 | 844 | 84142 | Oct 1962 | SteamRanger | Preserved, Operational, Mt Barker | SAR Mustard Pot | BG | Ex One Rail Australia |
| 845 | 845 | 84714 | Oct 1963 | SteamRanger | Preserved, Under Restoration, Mt Barker | Primer | BG | Ex ATN Access and Pacific National |
| 846 | 846 | 84715 | Nov 1963 | Pichi Richi Railway | Preserved, Under Restoration | AN green & Gold | NG | Ex AN Tasrail and One Rail Australia |
| 847 | 847 | G-6016-1 | Jun 1969 | Genesee & Wyoming Australia | Scrapped | G&W Orange & Black | NG | |
| 848 | 848 | G-6016-2 | Jul 1969 | Genesee & Wyoming Australia | Scrapped | Australian National Green & Gold With G&W Logos | SG | |
| 849 | 901 | G-6016-3 | Sep 1969 | Aurizon | Operational | G&W Orange & Black | SG | Rebuilt as DA1, renumbered T02, renumbered 901, Based At Whyalla |
| 850 | 850 | 84136 | Mar 1962 | Eyre Peninsula Railway Preservation Society | Preserved, Port Lincoln | G&W Orange & Black | NG | Ex Genesee & Wyoming Australia. Operated only on the Port Lincoln Division |
| 851 | 851 | 84137 | Apr 1962 | Aurizon | Stored | G&W Orange & Black | NG | Operated only on the Port Lincoln Division |
| 852 | 852 | 84716 | Sep 1963 | Junee Railway Workshop | Operational | JRW | SG | |
| 853 | 853 | 84717 | Oct 1963 | AN Tasrail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 854 | 854 | 84718 | Sep 1963 | AN Tasrail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 855 | 855 | 84719 | Oct 1963 | AN Tasrail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 856 | 856 | 84702 | Feb 1963 | Silverton Rail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | SG | Ex AN Tasrail |
| 857 | 48s31 | 84703 | Apr 1963 | Greentrains | Scrapped | Silverton Blue & Yellow | SG | Renumbered 48s31, ex AN Tasrail |
| 858 | 858 | 84704 | May 1963 | AN Tasrail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 859 | 859 | 84705 | May 1963 | Aurizon | Stored | G&W Orange & Black | NG | Ex AN Tasrail |
| 860 | 860 | 84706 | May 1963 | AN Tasrail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 861 | 861 | 84707 | Jun 1963 | AN Tasrail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 862 | 862 | 84708 | Jun 1963 | Silverton Rail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | SG | Ex AN Tasrail |
| 863 | 863 | 84709 | Jun 1963 | Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre | Preserved, Peterborough | AN Green & Gold | SG | Ex Genesee & Wyoming |
| 864 | 864 | 84710 | Jul 1963 | QUBE Logistics | Operational | Greentrains green & yellow | SG | Renumbered 48s30, ex AN Tasrail |
| 865 | 865 | 84711 | Jul 1963 | Genesee & Wyoming Australia | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold With G&W Logos | NG | Ex AN Tasrail |
| 866 | 866 | 84712 | Jul 1963 | Don River Railway | Preserved, Operational, Devonport | AN Green & Gold | NG | Ex AN Tasrail |
| 867 | 867 | 84713 | Aug 1963 | AN Tasrail | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 868 | 868 | G-6016-4 | Nov 1969 | Australian Railroad Group | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | SG | |
| 869 | 869 | G-6016-5 | Jan 1970 | Southern Shorthaul Railroad | Operational | Greentrains green & yellow | SG | |
| 870 | 906 | G-6016-6 | Jan 1970 | Australian National | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | |
| 871 | 871 | G-3422-1 | Feb 1966 | Genesee & Wyoming Australia | Scrapped | AN Green & Gold | NG | Operated only on the Port Lincoln Division |
| 872 | 872 | G-3422-2 | Mar 1966 | QUBE Logistics | Operational | Greentrains green & yellow | SG | |
| 873 | 873 | G-3422-3 | Apr 1966 | Aurizon | Stored | AN Green & Gold With G&W Logos | NG | Operated only on the Port Lincoln Division |
| 874 | 907 | 83826 | Dec 1960 | Aurizon | Operational | G&W Orange & Black with Aurizon Logos | SG | Ex Silverton Tramway 27 Feb 1970, rebuilt as T01, renumbered 907 |

## Gallery

| 833 in South Australian Railways livery, to which "ANR" branding has been added, in 1983 | 841 (in 1983) in the livery introduced by AN after it took over the SAR | 830 class general arrangement drawing by South Australian Railways | 832 re-numbering as Aurizon 902 |