Thread by @ozbob13

#NSWGRsteamlocomotives
C38 4-6-2
Clyde Engineering (5)
Eveleigh Railway Workshops (13)
Cardiff Locomotive Workshops (12)
Built Jan 1943 – Nov 1949
3801-3830 4 preserved, 26 scrapped

3801 – 1940s in Grey Nurse Livery, near Clyde
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The first 5 C38s were delivered in wartime grey. After the war the C38s were painted green. All except 3813 were repainted black in the 1950s. 3801 and 3830 had their green livery restored in the 1960s.

3801, [Eveleigh], NSW, Australia [c.1970s
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C38s were designed for fast intrastate passenger trains. A task they did very well.

Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga, NSW)
25 Feb 1943 Page 4
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"C.38" Locomotive, photograph of the interior of cab
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c. 1940s

It was not long before the C38 success was tapped for advertising.

'C38 EXPRESS DRIVER'
The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld.) 17 Jun 1946 Page 2
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I wonder if Bonox might help today? ... 😉

Northbound Newcastle Flyer with head board on locomotive 38-29, Normanhurst, New South Wales, 27 October 1954
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155306…

C38-class locomotive 3830 at Broadmeadow Station
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c. 1970s

3813 at Enfield locomotive depot. Photographer unknown.
Steven Haby collection.
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3813 was the only C38 to retain the green livery throughout entire service life.

Trial run of air-conditioned Sydney-Moss Vale train, near Picton, New South Wales, 1949
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155335…
Streamlined C38.

Still in works grey, a pristine 3804 backs down onto the platform at South Brisbane before departing with N38 special on 20 July 1944.
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This was trial. Unfortunately track restrictions excluded the 38s from hauling the Brisbane Express.

Locomotive 3802 hauling Melbourne Express, train no 4, towards Sydney, at Picton, New South Wales,
15 December 1946
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155113…

Victorian Railways locomotives A2 875 and S300 together with NSW locomotives 2601 and 3802, Albury southern end, New South Wales, 1947
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155288…

Locomotive 3803 hauling Sydney-bound Melbourne Express near Glenlee, New South Wales
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155221…
Not dated.

Locomotive 3804 hauling northbound passenger train at The Rock, New South Wales
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155186…
Not dated.

Locomotive 3805 hauling northbound Newcastle Express near Mt Colah, New South Wales, 1950.
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155358…

Locomotives 3403, 3810 and 3811 housed in Albury locomotive shed, New South Wales, 21 December 1946
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Locomotive 3825 hauling northbound 'Daylight Express' crosses locomotive 3807
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Not dated.

C38s were gradually displaced by diesels, but they hauled the Newcastle Flyer until 1970. They also hauled freight as well.

38 class steam locomotives and express passenger trains of the New South Wales Government Railways

NSWGR 38 Class in the Late 1960's

3801 has been to Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane on various tours since 1970.

3801 A Legend In Steam Music Video

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