Class operators: South Australian Railways; Australian National Railways
Provenance: South Australian Railways; Australian National
Condition: Good
Entered service: December 1952
Entered the museum: 24th January 1983
Ownership: Port Dock Station Railway Trust
Number in class: 180
Tare Weight: 9 tons 6 cwt (9304 kilograms)
Load Weight: 80 sheep
Length (over coupling points): 20’ 10’’ (6.35m)
This class of van is a 4-wheel version of the S-class bogie sheep vans which had been introduced in 1930. The 180 Sf-class were built between 1938 and 1953 at the Islington Workshops, and with a capacity of 80 sheep, provided the means by which farmers could ship smaller numbers of sheep – 40 per deck.
The museum’s vehicle, No.160, was placed in service in December 1952, taken into Australian National stock in March 1978, and condemned on 23rd November 1982. It was placed in the Mile End Railway Museum on 24th January and sent to the museum on 5th June 1987.
23.1.1983 Mile End Railway Museum open wagon Y3391 + sheep van SF160 + cattle van CF26 + OWS class wagons (124-1338-pd336-20) 23.1.1983 Mile End Railway Museum open wagon Y3391 + sheep van SF160 + cattle van CF26 + OWS class wagons – National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Ron Fluck Negative Collection (CRS 124-1338)12.1.1983 Penfield sheep van SF160 – National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Ron Fluck Slide Collection (CRS 124-1339)23.1.1983 Mile End Railway Museum cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 + Y3391 open wagon (124-1338-pd336-21) 23.1.1983 Mile End Railway Museum cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 + Y3391 open wagon – National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Ron Fluck Negative Collection (CRS 124-1338)30.1.1983 Mile End Railway Museum open wagon Y3391 + sheep van SF160 + cattle van CF26 (124-1338-pd336-32) 30.1.1983 Mile End Railway Museum open wagon Y3391 + sheep van SF160 + cattle van CF26 – National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Ron Fluck Negative Collection (CRS 124-1338)1.9.1986 Mile End Railway Museum open wagons Y3582 + Y3236 + van DWF4724 + sheep van SF160 (124-1339-04118) 1.9.1986 Mile End Railway Museum open wagons Y3582 + Y3236 + van DWF4724 + sheep van SF160 – National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Ron Fluck Slide Collection (CRS 124-1339)15.4.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia repainted SAR sheep van SF160 (275-372-11332-k) 15.4.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia repainted SAR sheep van SF160 – National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Chris Drymalik Slide Collection (CRS 275-372)6.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia Painted freight vehicles + caboose 4367 – cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 + Z3236 ballast hopper + van DWF4724 (275-372-11366-k) 6.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia Painted freight vehicles + caboose 4367 – cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 + Z3236 ballast hopper + van DWF4724 – National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Chris Drymalik Slide Collection (CRS 275-372)6.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia Painted freight vehicles + caboose 4367 – cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 + Z3236 ballast hopper + van DWF4724 (275-372-11367-k) 6.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia Painted freight vehicles + caboose 4367 – cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 + Z3236 ballast hopper + van DWF4724 – National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Chris Drymalik Slide Collection (CRS 275-372)6.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia Painted freight vehicles + caboose 4367 – cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 + Z3236 ballast hopper + van DWF4724 (275-372-11371-k) 6.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia Painted freight vehicles + caboose 4367 – cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 + Z3236 ballast hopper + van DWF4724 – National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Chris Drymalik Slide Collection (CRS 275-372)6.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia caboose 4367 – cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 (275-372-11372-k) 6.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia caboose 4367 – cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 – National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Chris Drymalik Slide Collection (CRS 275-372)6.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia Painted freight vehicles + caboose 4367 – cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 + Z3236 ballast hopper + van DWF4724 (275-372-11373-k) 6.1995 Port Dock Station Railway Museum – Port Adelaide – South Australia Painted freight vehicles + caboose 4367 – cattle van CF26 + sheep van SF160 + Z3236 ballast hopper + van DWF4724 – National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide, Chris Drymalik Slide Collection (CRS 275-372)
