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A 1930 720B Class tender steam locomotive, road number '720'…
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Melbourne
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22-Mar-2020
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A 1930 720B Class tender steam locomotive, road number '720' (325 x 43 x 60 mm) designed by Fred Shea and built at the Islington railway Workshops, black livery, 2-8-4 wheel configuration, with eight carriages including 9,000 gallon oil tank and a refrigerator car. Scrapped in 1960 after clocking-up over 729,000 miles in service. (total size with carriages 1230 x 43 x 60 mm). (10 items) (the 720s were intended to operate on lighter broad gauge lines, but after they began to spread rails they were confined to the heavier lines.).
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Unclassified