South Australian Railways 800 class

The South Australian Railways 800 class was a class of diesel locomotives built by English Electric at Rocklea for the South Australian Railways in 1956 and 1957, and nearly identical to the earlier Jamaican Railways 81 class. They were diesel shunters built for duties in Adelaide, but they also worked trips between Dry Creek and Mile End, pick-up trains around Port Adelaide and passenger services. In 1978 all passed to Australian National, and in 1986 a new computer system had the class leader renumbered from 800 to 810. Withdrawals ran from 1987 to 1991 and most were scrapped by 1994, leaving 801 as the sole survivor, preserved in operating condition at the National Railway Museum in Port Adelaide.