Number Plate - Locomotive
Production date
1943
Country
Australia
State/Province
South Australia
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Object detail
Description
Rectangular metal plate, rounded corners with raised inscription and four corner holes. Painted black with white edge and inscription
Classification
TRANSPORT Railways
Production date
1943
Production place
Measurements
330 X 480 X 10
Media/Materials description
Metal, paint
History and use
The number plate from Australian Standard Garratt G-11.
Australian Standard Garratt locomotive No. G-11 was built at the Islington Railway Workshops in South Australia in 1943 to the design of the Commonwealth Land Transport Board.
The Australian Standard Garratts were designed and manufactured as a wartime measure during World War Two. The locomotive design was produced from development stage to completion in fourteen months, a record in Australian industry. However, a prototype was not produced and subsequently, numerous issues were found to be inherent in the design.
Along with Islington in South Australia, ASG locomotives were also manufactured by Clyde at their Granville Workshops in New South Wales, Victorian Railways at the Newport Workshops and the Western Australian Government Railways at Midland Junction.
G-11 entered service with Queensland Railways in December 1943. The locomotive was withdrawn from service in 1945. The Australian Standard Garratts were not a success in Queensland and G-11 was sold to the Tasmanian Railways in June, 1949. It was scrapped in 1963.
Australian Standard Garratt locomotive No. G-11 was built at the Islington Railway Workshops in South Australia in 1943 to the design of the Commonwealth Land Transport Board.
The Australian Standard Garratts were designed and manufactured as a wartime measure during World War Two. The locomotive design was produced from development stage to completion in fourteen months, a record in Australian industry. However, a prototype was not produced and subsequently, numerous issues were found to be inherent in the design.
Along with Islington in South Australia, ASG locomotives were also manufactured by Clyde at their Granville Workshops in New South Wales, Victorian Railways at the Newport Workshops and the Western Australian Government Railways at Midland Junction.
G-11 entered service with Queensland Railways in December 1943. The locomotive was withdrawn from service in 1945. The Australian Standard Garratts were not a success in Queensland and G-11 was sold to the Tasmanian Railways in June, 1949. It was scrapped in 1963.
Registration number
R534
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