The South Australian Railways 800 class is a class of locomotive introduced and operated by the South Australian Railways

South Australian Railways

South Australian Railways built and operated railways in South Australia from 1854 to the incorporation of its non-urban railways into the Australian National Railways Commission in 1975, together with the former Commonwealth Railways and the former Tasmanian Government Railways...

 that was subsequently operated by Australian National Railways

Australian National Railways Commission

The Australian National Railways Commission was a government owned railway operator in Australia. ANRC was also known as Australian National Railways in its early years and was later rebranded as Australian National .-History:...

. This class of locomotive was powered by an English Electric in line 6 cylinder diesel engine. There were 10 units built.

The 800 class of locomotive were introduced in 1956 with all units now retired from service. One unit, 801, is held for preservation by the National Railway Museum (Port Adelaide)

National Railway Museum (Port Adelaide)

thumb|Conference dinner being held in the rollingstock pavilionThe National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, South Australia, is the current site of the Port Dock Station Railway Museum's vast Australian Railway Collection.- History :...

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