South Australian Railways 900 class
The 900 class were a class of diesel locomotives built by Islington Railway Workshops for the South Australian Railways between 1951 and 1953.
900 Lady Norrie
900 class drivers cab
Two 900 class locomotives
Islington Railway Workshops
The Islington Railway Workshops are railway workshops in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. They were the chief railway workshops of the South Australian Railways, and are still in operation today.
Islington workshops, where large numbers of locomotives and rolling stock were designed and built from 1883. Photo taken between 1915 and 1927, before the encroachment of Adelaide's suburbs.
A larger erecting shop was built in 1902 at Islington workshops. This building was where the South Australian Railways assembled locomotives and rolling stock.
A fuel tank car of which many were built from 1929
A 620 class locomotive, which went into service in 1936, was a light passenger locomotive. It was one of several classes of steam engines designed and built at Islington Workshops.