The South Australian Railways E class was a class of 2-4-0 steam locomotives acquired to work passenger and goods train services on the South Australian Railways broad gauge system.

In January 1862, Slaughter Gruning & Co, Bristol delivered two 2-4-0 locomotives to the Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company.

Only one was required, so the second was sold to the South Australian Railways in April 1862 entering service numbered 10.

[1] In 1878, a further three that had been made redundant by a gauge conversion project were purchased from the Canterbury Provincial Railways of New Zealand.

All were aboard the ship Hyderabad which ran aground on Waitarere Beach between Ōtaki and Foxton on 24 June 1878.