Commonwealth Railways NB class

The Commonwealth Railways NB class originated in a shipment of four 0-6-0, 1067 millimetres (3 feet 6 inches) gauge, saddle tank steam locomotives built by the Vulcan Iron Works of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

[3] After shunting for two decades at Quorn, where they were nicknamed "pugs", the two locomotives were set aside.

[2] In 1957, the frame and wheels of NB30 were used as the basis of a small diesel-hydraulic locomotive designed and built at Commonwealth Railways' Port Augusta workshops.

[note 2] Retaining its number, NB30 was initially used in recovering rails from the closed Brachina–Hawker section of the Central Australia Railway, after which it was assigned to Quorn for shunting work.

As of 2020[update], the heritage railway employed the locomotive on shunting duties.

Locomotive NB30 shunting a passenger car at Quorn in 1949
General arrangement of NB30 designed as a diesel-hydraulic