South Australian Railways O class (First)

The South Australian Railways O Class (1st) Locomotives were built by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the South Australian Railways. They entered service in 1881 on the S.A.R. system and were both withdrawn and scrapped by 1904.

History
These two locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works USA for the South Australian Railways and formed the O class. Their main job was for hauling goods trains on the Intercolonial Railway. When they were first in service they became the largest locomotives on the S.A.R. system. Though it wasn't to be all that it seemed to be, the O class were unsuccessful. The were not successful performers on the Adelaide Hills line and instead were diverted to work on the Northern line. With the great success from the new R class (4-6-0) locomotives that arrived in 1886, the two O class (2-8-0) locomotives were pulled from service in 1904 with only a small working life of 23 years.