53 (Stephen Cleverdon)
Locomotive numbers: 500-533
Model Number:
| Type | Diesel-Electric |
| Introduced | 1964 |
| Number in class | 34 |
| Manufacturer | SAR |
| Gauge | Broad, Standard |
| Axles | Bo-Bo |
| Length | 12.6 m |
| Mass | 57 t |
| Engine | EE 4SRKT |
| Generator | EE 827-4C |
| Traction motors | EE 548-2A |
| Power | 372 kW / 500 HP |
| Tractive effort | 139 / 133 kN |
| Speed | 64 / 6 km/h |
The 500 class are widely used for shunting, in Adelaide and
throughout regional SA. Some saw use on construction trains for the
standard gauge. A
few still survive on in service, although most have been scrapped.
508 and 527 are being used for construction work on the Alice-Darwin
line,
at Tennant Creek and Katherine respectively; although the former was
involved
in a level crossing accident that put it out of service.
Preserved locomotives:
| 507 | ARHS-SteamRanger |
| 515 | National Railway Museum |
| Loco | Serial # | In Service | Comments |
| 500 (later 534) | 105 | 6/1964 | Scrapped |
| 501 | 106 | 7/1964 | Scrapped |
| 502 | 107 | 7/1964 | Scrapped |
| 503 | 108 | 1/1965 | Scrapped |
| 504 | 109 | 2/1965 | Scrapped |
| 505 | 110 | 2/1965 | Scrapped |
| 506 | 111 | 3/1965 | Scrapped |
| 507 | 112 | 4/1965 | Preserved - operational |
| 508 | 113 | 5/1965 | |
| 509 | 114 | 12/1965 | Scrapped |
| 510 | 115 | 12/1965 | Scrapped |
| 511 | 116 | 1/1966 | Scrapped |
| 512 | 117 | 1/1966 | Scrapped |
| 513 | 118 | 2/1966 | Scrapped |
| 514 | 119 | 3/1966 | Scrapped |
| 515 | 120 | 12/1966 | Preserved - operational |
| 516 | 121 | 2/1967 | |
| 517 | 122 | 2/1967 | |
| 518 | 123 | 3/1967 | Hired to Penrice Soda, Osborne |
| 519 | 124 | 4/1967 | Scrapped |
| 520 | 125 | 4/1967 | Scrapped |
| 521 | 126 | 11/1967 | Scrapped |
| 522 | 127 | 11/1967 | Scrapped |
| 523 | 128 | 12/1967 | Scrapped |
| 524 | 129 | 2/1968 | Scrapped |
| 525 | 130 | 3/1968 | Scrapped |
| 526 | 131 | 4/1968 | Scrapped |
| 527 | 132 | 2/1969 | |
| 528 | 133 | 7/1969 | Scrapped |
| 529 | 134 | 7/1969 | Scrapped |
| 530 | 135 | 7/1969 | Scrapped |
| 531 | 136 | 7/1969 | Scrapped |
| 532 | 137 | 7/1969 | |
| 533 (53 at NRE) | 138 | 7/1969 | Sold |