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| Keywords: CN class, Port Augusta, ca 1951.jpg Commonwealth Railways CN class locomotive at Port Augusta South Australia The locomotive was built in Canada in 1907 or 1908 for the Canadian Northern Railway and was later owned by the Canadian National Railways During World War II it was exported from Canada to Australia It entered service with the Commonwealth Railways in 1942 or 1943 and was officially withdrawn by April 1952 <p>This is one of a number of images in the collection of the State Library of South Australia depicting Commonwealth Railways locomotives said to have been taken in around 1951 <p>Some of the information provided here about the image is obtained from Fluck Ronald E; Marshall Barry; Wilson John 1996 Locomotives and Railcars of the Commonwealth Railways Welland SA Gresley Publishing pp 42-44 ISBN 0959969039 1951 http //images slsa sa gov au/mpcimg/59000/B58892_552 htm State Library of South Australia image number B 58892/552 probably Commonwealth Railways Custom license marker 2014 05 02 PD-Australia Commonwealth Railways CN class locomotives Locomotives facing left Port Augusta South Australia 1951 in rail transport in Australia 1951 in South Australia Uploaded with UploadWizard Files from the State Library of South Australia | ||||
