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New South Wales C30T class locomotive

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31: 471:. This work included fitting new cylinders with piston valves and extended smokeboxes. Most of the 28 superheated C30Ts received riveted on 'drumhead' extensions to their smokeboxes. Some engines were given entirely new extended smokeboxes fully supported by the frames, giving these few a more modern, purposeful look. Superheated locomotives had the further suffix 'S' to their numbers, on official correspondence only. 976: 444:
4-6-4 tank locomotives were converted to tender type. This was achieved by cutting off the frames at the rear of the cab and removing the side tanks. There was no need to build tenders as there were a number on hand from scrapped locomotives or from locomotives where the original tenders had been
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In their heyday, they could be found working almost every light branch line in New South Wales. Even in the final years of steam power, they could still be found well spread over the state in such places as
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The first was withdrawn in December 1958 (3126T) with the last (3090TS) withdrawn in August 1972. Seven engines of the class survive into preservation.
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on 22 August 1928. This company delivered a total of 10 conversions of these engines, the remainder being carried out at the
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The first locomotive to be converted was Engine No. 3088 which was delivered by
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Between September 1940 to April 1957, 28 engines were fitted with
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19 in × 24 in (483 mm × 610 mm)
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Index


NSW Rail Museum
Thirlmere
Steam
Beyer, Peacock & Company
Eveleigh Railway Workshops
Clyde Engineering
Eveleigh Railway Workshops
Whyte
4-6-0
UIC
Gauge
standard gauge
Driver
Adhesive weight
Coal
Cylinders
Cylinder size
Tractive effort
Factor of adh.
New South Wales Government Railways
Class
30 class
Clyde Engineering
Eveleigh Railway Workshops
New South Wales Government Railways
Sydney
30 class
50 class
Clyde Engineering

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