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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
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
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
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…
Garratt loco 6028 at Gosford NSW
flickr.com/photos/4970843…
Not dated.
AD6002 'Garratt' locomotive on trial run stopped at Katoomba (NSW)
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…
AD60 'Garratt' locomotive going across the Hawkesbury Bridge (NSW) 21 Apr 1953
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AD6012 'Garratt' Locomotive at Illawarra Junction (NSW)
21 Apr 1953
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AD6003 'Garratt' locomotive at Lisarow Railway Station (NSW) 17 Nov 1952
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…
AD6004 'Garratt' locomotive taking water at Tuggerah (NSW) 17 Nov 1952
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…
30 AD60s were modified with larger cylinders and weight redistribution, and dual controls (DC) for bunker first running. Increased TE, known as ' Super Garratts ' had ++ after numbers.

AD6029 crossing Murrumbidgee River Railway Bridge Wagga Wagga 2015
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6029#/med…
Preserved:

6029 Thirlmere Operational
6039 Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum stored
6040 Thirlmere Static Exhibit
6042 Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum (technically 6043)

6042 Forbes Vintage Village in 1996
australiansteam.com/6042.htm
Last steam loco in NSWGR service withdrawn 1973
Double -headed Garratts pass another Garratt as they struggle up the 1 in 40 Fassifern Bank, NSW, in 1968.

Two 60 class Garratts, both tender first, start a Newstan Colliery coaltrain from Fassifern station as another Garratt rolls in with the empties for the next train.

6029 is the only preserved AD60 in operating condition.
It is also the only "Super-Garratt" in preservation.

Garratt 6029 Goulburn to Junee August 2018

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D50 (T524) 2-8-0 goods
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (151)
Dübs & Co. (5)
Neilson & Co. (10)
North British Locomotive Co. (84)
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280 built 1896–1916

NSWGR T524 (later D50), class prototype 1896
Beyer Peacock
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NSWGR T524 Class (later D50), no. 356, freshly painted, unidentified location, [n.d.]
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NSWGR T524 (D50) locomotive, number unknown, unidentified location, late 1890's or early 1900's, [n.d.]
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Z29 (J483) 2-8-0 #483-502 Baldwin 1891
For transport and goods transport up the steep gradients of rail in the Blue Mountains.

NSWGR Class J-483 Class No. 486, 2-8-0 Consolidation Type steam locomotive, [1891]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/4374 Image
NSWGR J(483) Class locomotive, no. 499, unidentified location, [n.d.]
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NSWGR J Class (later reclassified Z29 Class) 2-8-0 Consolidation Type steam locomotive, Kelso near Bathurst NSW, [1900s]
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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
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155391… Image
Class Z28 (J131) locomotive at the Clyde Yard
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Not dated. Image
There were 4 J522 2-8-0 built Eveleigh Railway Workshops in 1893. These were grouped with the J131 in the Z28 class.
Referred to as " Native Bears "

Class Z28 (J522) locomotive
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