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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…
New South Wales Government Railways D57 class steam locomotive
John Buckland
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155003…
C. 1930s?
Steam locomotive D57 Class [07] 4-8-2, [NSW, n.d.]
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' GIANT GOODS LOCOMOTIVES '
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List (Sydney, NSW) Thu 21 Oct 1937 Page 8
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Fri 7 Sep 1934 Page 11
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The first standard gauge, 4-8-2, 'Mountain' type, heavy goods, D57 class steam locomotive No.5701 built by Clyde Engineering Co. Ltd in the Sydney suburb of Granville for the New South Wales. 1929
collection.maas.museum/object/376713
Last run by a D57 was in 1961. One is preserved, static display at Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum.

5711 being repainted in 2018
infobluemountains.net.au/locodepot/exhi…
NSWGR D57 Class, 4-8-2, Mountain type in original condition under the coal stage at Penrith, NSW, [1930s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/307…
NSWGR D57 Class No. 5719 arriving at Central Railway Station in preparation for trial on "Melbourne Limited Express" on 11 December 1941
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/8249
D57 had a top speed of 50 mph.
D5712 load test c. 1930s
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5711 passing Penrith locomotive depot on train 575 westbound, September 1935 (Buckland Collection National Library of Australia)
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5711's 90th birthday event was held Feb 2020 Valley Heights Rail Museum
NSWGR D57 No. 5713, unidentified location, 25 October 1959
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/879…
Australian Railway Historical Society Annual Outing
Triple Headers, Lithgow 57 and 58 class with three assistant engines, 1956.

"These were some of the most awesome steam workings on the planet and would cease in 1957. Filmed by the late Ross Style. .."
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J131 (Z28) 2-8-0 Built Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co (Baldwin) 1879 11 #131-141

J 131 class locomotive number 134 later X1006, built by Baldwin September 1879
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Class Z28 (J131) locomotive at the Clyde Yard
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There were 4 J522 2-8-0 built Eveleigh Railway Workshops in 1893. These were grouped with the J131 in the Z28 class.
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Class Z28 (J522) locomotive
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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
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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)
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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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