SAR 930 Class

SAR 930 Class

American Locomotive Company DL500 'World Series'

Known as the 'World Series', the ALCo DL500 with it's gauge adaptable bogies, and in it's various incarnations has served several railways worldwide in Spain, Greece, Peru, India, Pakistan, Argentina & Australia. . The reasonably low axle loading of these handsome machines made them versatile units suited to a range of operating conditions and traffic.

A squarish nose and front windows make the DL500 a distinctive cab unit, styling is reminiscant of it's handsome and popular North American ancestor, the FA. There were three versions of different ratings, the most notable variation being a dual cab version used in Australia.

Built by Goodwin under license from ALCO, the Australian DL500 played an important role displacing large steam traction in the late 50's and 60's; and lashed into multiples of 2 or 3 units, were a common sight on the NSW and SA systems, and in later years also worked into Victoria, Queensland, and occasionally Western Australia.

The SAR 930 Class was delivered between 1955 & 1967. The first 6 units were single ended, the remaining 31 were of the dual cab variety. Class leader number 930 is preserved at the Port Dock Station Museum in South Australia, and Steamranger in the south have also saved 2 units from the scrap heap.

Model: DL500B
Year: 1955
Engine: ALCO 251B (4 stroke) V12
Horsepower: 1750
Continuous Tractive Effort: 191kN @ 17.7km/hr
Max Speed: 113 km/h
Driving Wheel Diameter: 1.02m
Length: 17.81m
weight (single cab) 103.2 tonnes
weight (dual cab) 105.9 tonnes

SAR 930 Class
• config.txt 24.13KB
dl500_sar_alpha_numbers
alphanumber_0a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_0b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_1a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_1b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_2a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_2b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_3a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_3b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_4a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_4b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_5a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_5b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_6a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_6b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_7a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_7b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_8a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_8b.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_9a.tga 4.04KB
alphanumber_9b.tga 4.04KB
dl500_sar_art
dl500_sar_art_512.texture.txt 83 bytes
dl500_sar_art_512.tga 1.00MB
dl500_sar_art_icon.texture.txt 83 bytes
dl500_sar_art_icon.tga 32.53KB
dl500_sar_body
black.texture.txt 28 bytes
black.tga 812 bytes
cupla.texture.txt 28 bytes
cupla.tga 768.04KB
digit_1a-digit_1a.texture.txt 51 bytes
digit_1a.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_1a.tga 1.04KB
digit_1b.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_1b.tga 4.04KB
digit_2a-digit_2a.texture.txt 51 bytes
digit_2a.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_2a.tga 1.04KB
digit_2b.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_2b.tga 4.04KB
digit_3a-digit_3a.texture.txt 51 bytes
digit_3a.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_3a.tga 1.04KB
digit_3b.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_3b.tga 4.04KB
digit_4a-digit_4a.texture.txt 51 bytes
digit_4a.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_4a.tga 1.04KB
digit_4b.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_4b.tga 4.04KB
digit_5a-digit_5a.texture.txt 51 bytes
digit_5a.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_5a.tga 1.04KB
digit_5b.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_5b.tga 4.04KB
digit_6a-digit_6a.texture.txt 51 bytes
digit_6a.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_6a.tga 1.04KB
digit_6b.texture.txt 31 bytes
digit_6b.tga 4.04KB
dl500_sar_body.im 599.11KB
fan.im 9.80KB
fan.kin 2.75KB
fangrille-fangrille.texture.txt 53 bytes
fangrille.bmp 192.05KB
fangrille.tga 192.04KB
main copy.texture.txt 36 bytes
main red copy.texture.txt 36 bytes
main red copy.tga 12.00MB
window.texture.txt 29 bytes
window.tga 3.04KB
dl500_sar_shadow
black.texture.txt 28 bytes
black.tga 812 bytes
dl500_sar_shadow.im 6.20KB
• dls_thumbnail.jpg 10.42KB