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The South Australian Railways R class, later upgraded to Rx Class is a broad gauge 4-6-0 steam locomotive operated by South Australian Railways. The class comprised 84 engines in total. 30 were built as R class locomotives by Dübs and Company of Glasgow, Scotland (6) and later James Martin & Co of Gawler, South Australia (24). Many of these engines were later upgraded to Rx class with larger boilers and other improvements. A further 54 locomotives were built as Rx class by the S.A.R. Islington Railway Workshops, North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow, Scotland and Walkers Limited of Maryborough, Queensland.〔('comrails.com' )〕 R class were the predominant locomotive used on broad gauge main line services in South Australia from their introduction. After the introduction of the large Webb engines they were relegated to secondary lines and services such as shunting and hauling goods trains.〔('National Railway Museum' )〕 A large group of Rx class locomotives, mainly early builds, were withdrawn from service in 1934, however the remainder continued to serve into the mid 60s. One locomotive, Rx93, had been in service for 80 years.〔('comrails.com' )〕 Rx 207 which remains in operation with SteamRanger Heritage Railways has been operated for over 100 years. ==Survivors== Several Rx class locomotives and one R class survive to this day in various states of preservation.〔('railsa.org' )〕 * R5 - Kapunda - preserved * Rx55 - Loxton - preserved * Rx93 - National Railway Museum Port Adelaide - preserved * Rx96 - Murray Bridge - preserved * Rx191 - Victor Harbour - preserved * Rx201 - Tailem Bend - preserved * Rx207 - SteamRanger - operational * Rx217 - Nuriootpa - preserved * Rx224 - SteamRanger at Mount Barker - preserved * Rx231 - Kadina - preserved 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South Australian Railways R class」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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