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New South Wales C38 class locomotive

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locomotives in the United States. The design team was headed by Harold Young, the Principal Design Engineer (later Chief Mechanical Engineer) of the NSWGR. The conditions of trackwork with frequent sharp curvature to be traversed at high speed would require six-coupled driving wheels in a 'Pacific'
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The locomotives built by Clyde Engineering were delivered in wartime grey. After the war, all were repainted green, as the 25 unstreamlined locomotives had been from new. In the 1950s, all except 3813 were painted black. 3801 and 3830 had their green livery restored due to pressure from heritage
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The design was carried out by the NSWGR Locomotive Section of the Design Office and incorporated the latest developments in locomotive design from Australia and overseas. The incorporation of as many Australian manufactured components as possible was a requirement at the design stage.
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who ordered that the locomotive's parts be transferred to the scrapyard. The NSWRTM managed a reprive and the parts were sent to be stored in many locations. Components such as the wheels, cab and smokebox were stored in S trucks at
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boiler – the highest boiler pressure of any engine in Australia. In early trials on the Southern line, 3801, the class leader, was allocated two firemen. The fault was located when it was found that the shape of the
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class diesel locomotives in the 1950s, these began to take over some express services, but the 38 class continued to haul many passenger and freight trains. Even after the electrification of the
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wheel arrangement and were the last steam locomotives in the state to be built for passenger train operation, all subsequent deliveries being specifically for freight haulage.
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As the last of the five initial locomotives were leaving the shop in 1945, a decision was made to purchase more. This order of 25 locomotives were built at the
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Constructed between January 1943 and November 1949, the 30 locomotives in the class were designed to haul express passenger services throughout
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The 38 class were first conceived in the 1930s when the NSWGR established there was a need for a locomotive to eliminate the complications of
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below the chimney, through which it was ejected to the atmosphere. In turn, this reduced the suction of hot gases through the
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after an overhaul in 1972 by the former NSW Rail Transport Museum was forced to be stopped by the then commissioner of the
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The design was influenced by the fashion for streamlining at the time, including elements of the
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4-6-2 configuration. Maintenance requirements suggested a two-cylinder simple steam locomotive.
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4 of the 30 38 class locomotives survive-3801, 3813, 3820 and 3830. 3813 is in pieces at
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boiler casing. However with this design, the firemen could not maintain steam in the 245
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In May 1939, an order for five 38 class locomotives was placed with
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Locomotive 3801 featured in an evocative 1974 short film,
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as well as the overnight mail trains. Because of their
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The C38 Class, John. B. Thompson pp3 'Why the 38's'
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Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 168–170. 1973:"Preserved Steam Locomotives Down Under – 3813" 1727:Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin 2015: 785:and 3813 hauled the inaugural standard gauge 8: 1671:NSW Heritage Register Locomotive, Steam 3820 1602:NSW Heritage Register Locomotive, Steam 3801 777:The 38 class briefly returned to the former 1832: 1830: 1828: 1054: 905: 2640: 2022: 2008: 2000: 1051: 902: 416: 393: 228:(204 tonnes; 225 short tons) when in steam 113: 61: 342:3,367.79 sq ft (312.878 m) 1860: 1858: 1539: 3028:Standard gauge locomotives of Australia 1867:Locomotives of Australia 1850's – 1980s 1803: 1801: 1799: 1718: 839: 628:. 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Index

New South Wales 38 class locomotive

3801
Newcastle Flyer
Steam
Clyde Engineering
Eveleigh Railway Workshops
Cardiff Locomotive Workshops
Whyte
4-6-2
Gauge
standard gauge
Driver
Wheelbase
Coal
Cylinders
Cylinder size
Valve gear
Walschaerts
Tractive effort
New South Wales Government Railways
Class
New South Wales
3801
3820
3830
scrapped
New South Wales Government Railways
New South Wales
4-6-2

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