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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
NSWGR C30T class no. 3088, (converted C30 4-6-4T), Clyde Engineering, 14 August 1928
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NSWGR C30T Class No. 3032 4-6-0 Ten-wheeler Type at Dubbo Locomotive Depot [1950s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3638
Gundagai Down Tumut Passenger 3004T
24 February 1961
Weston Langford
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NSWGR C30T Class No. 3075 at Parkes Locomotive Depot, [1950s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3682
C30T preserved:
3001TS 3016TS 3026T 3028T 3075TS 3090TS 3102T
S=superheater
1940 to April 1957 28 C30T were fitted with superheaters

Lachlan Valley Railway (LVR) loco 3026 near Barmedman 1983
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Ex-NSWGR locomotive no. 3016 hauls a popular local shuttle trip when the Canberra Railway Museum was owned by the ACT Division of the ARHS
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S3448 C30T Class 4-6-0 No.3001 @ Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere NSW Australia 10.1.76
David Cooke
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The C30Ts were very successful! Excellent all rounder and able to access the lightest of branch lines. Good to fire too!

3001 - Cabride - North Shore line - April 1991
3001 & 3112 - Bomaderry tour - October 1994
C30T & C30 double header
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D59 2-8-2 Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton USA
Built 1952/53 all oil burners. 1961 17 converted to coal
5901–5920 5 preserved
The purchase of these oil burners was questioned by some

59 class 5907 Bathurst shed 17 Jan 1972
Steve Haby colln.
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NSWGR D59 Class No. 5901 2-8-2 Mikado Type oil burner hauling an empty ore train near Rookwood, [1950s]
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Operation was limited by location of oil fueling facilities. Most service main North and North Coast lines, as well as in the Sydney metropolitan area. Image
NSWGR D59 Class No. 5902 2-8-2 Mikado Type and a sister engine soon after their arrival from Baldwin Locomotive Works in the U.S.A at Darling Island, Sydney, [1952]
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C32 (P6) class 4-6-0 Built 1892–1911 191
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (106)
Baldwin Locomotive Works (20)
Clyde Engineering (45)
Eveleigh Railway Workshops (20)

Class P6 (C32) locomotive c. 1892
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Class P6 (C3264) locomotive 05 Feb 1936
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The C32 worked most passenger trains, occasionally mixed and freight trains. The last regular steam passenger train (Singleton/Newcastle) was hauled by 3246 in 1971. Image
Class P6 (C3221) locomotive - trial run of "The South Coast Daylight Express" at Picton (NSW) 01 Apr 1938
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AD60 4-8-4+4-8-4 Beyer Garratt
Beyer, Peacock & Co.1952–1954, 1956
42 plus spares
Numbers6001–6042
First run July 1952
Last service run March 1973

Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga) 21 Aug 1952 Page 2 GARRAT LOCO. AT JUNEE
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Tractive efforts compared:

AD60 59,560 lbf (264.9 kN) later 63,490 lbf (282.4 kN)*
D58 55,008 lbf (244.7 kN)
D57 56,002 lbf (249.1 kN)

AD6002 'Garratt' locomotive on trial trip at North Strathfield (NSW)
01 Aug 1952
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Garratt loco 6028 at Gosford NSW
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Not dated. Image
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