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NSW Government railways were all 4' 8.5" (standard gauge).
Steam engine classification from 1924 was based on letters indicating driving axles.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSWGR_ste…
Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 24 - 1931
Route mileage was 2nd only to Queensland in 1929/30.

There was a wide range of classes to service the network.
The standard gauge New South Wales North Coast line was extended from Kyogle to South Brisbane and opened in 1930.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_tran…
The Class 6 locomotive (2-2-2) were the first to go into service after the New South Wales Government became responsible for the railways in NSW.
Two 6 & 7. In service 1857. Both written off 1885.
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D58 4-8-2 in service 1950
Eveleigh Railway Workshops (11)
Cardiff Locomotive Workshops (2)
5801–5813 Modified version of the D57 class.
Withdrawn July 1957.
All scrapped, with exceptions to some tenders.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arhs… Image
National Advocate (Bathurst, NSW )
Thu 19 Jan 1950 Page 3
"58" CLASS LOCO ON TRIAL Image
NSWGR D-58 Class 4-8-2 Mountain Type Heavy Goods Locomotive on goods train at Moss Vale, [1950]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/8232
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D57 4-8-2
Clyde Engineering 25 built 1929-1930 3 cylinders
First NSW loco to have mechanical stoker
Large, heavy, powerful locomotives.

Steam locomotive, D57 Class 4-8-2, [Lithgow, NSW, n.d.]
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Southern Fruit Express D57 class, New South Wales, 1935 John Buckland
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155006… Image
New South Wales Government Railways D57 class steam locomotive
John Buckland
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155003…
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C30T 4-6-0 rebuilt 1928 – 1933 from 77 C30 class tank 4-6-4Ts following electrification of the inner suburban network.
Clyde Engineering (10)
Eveleigh Railway Workshops (67)

NSWGR C30T 3014 4-6-0 goods at Moree, [1960s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3671 Image
NSWGR C30T class no. 3088, (converted C30 4-6-4T), Clyde Engineering, 14 August 1928
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/887… Image
NSWGR C30T Class No. 3032 4-6-0 Ten-wheeler Type at Dubbo Locomotive Depot [1950s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3638 Image
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