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#NSWGRsteamlocomotives
D50 (T524) 2-8-0 goods
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (151)
Dübs & Co. (5)
Neilson & Co. (10)
North British Locomotive Co. (84)
Clyde (30)
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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Saturated steam initially, last 75 built with superheaters, many subsequently retrofitted with suprerheaters.

NSWGR T524 (D50) locomotive, number unknown, unidentified location, late 1890's or early 1900's, [n.d.]
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NSWGR T524 Class (later D50 Class), hauling freight, unidentified location, [pre-1924]
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NSWGR D50 locomotive, number illegible, shunting at Goulburn, [n.d.]
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D50s had road numbers 5001-5280

NSWGR D50 locomotive, No. 5113, Sydney, 1924 or later.
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New South Wales Government Railways (N.S.W.G.R.) D50-class Locomotives at Hawkesbury River Station, Brooklyn, N.S.W
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NSWGR D50, no. 5113, crossing Anvil Creek bridge out of Whitburn Colliery, near Greta, 1924-30 or or 1940-48.
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" trestle bridge over Anvil Creek which became so unsafe in the later years, that crews resorted to sending their train across unmanned! .. "

NSWGR D50 Class No. 5183 Standard Goods Locomotive, Large Erecting Shops, Eveleigh, Sydney, [1930]
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NSWGR D50 Class, no. 5011, and C32 Class no. 3237, climbing Cowan Bank with passenger train, [n.d.]
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Probably c. 1930s.
Rippa photograph!

NSWGR D50 Class, no. 5202, with shunting tender Lo 32, and a C30 Class, at Clyde railway depot, NSW
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More info on the shunting tender > environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/Vi…

NSWGR D50 Class, no. 5263, hauling passenger train
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Despite their designation as standard goods locos the D50s were regularly rostered for passenger services too.

NSWGR, D-50 Class, No. 5191, Eveleigh, NSW, [1920s]
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The ' turret ' tenders improved visibility for tender first operation.
D50s operated in significant numbers up to the late 1960s.

Bathurst. 'The Chifley Engine is a D50 class steam locomotive, number 5112, which was driven by Ben Chifley, Australia’s 16th Prime Minister, when he worked on the railways prior to his political career.'
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" Ben Chifley’s D50 class steam locomotive No 5112 is lowered into place at Bathurst railway station yesterday after a restoration journey of more than 20 years. "
10 Nov 2010

Ben's engine is home at last
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Blown up previous photograph.
D50s - the second and third coupled wheel tyres were flangeless to reduce curve friction. This can be just discerned in this view.

If longevity is a measure of success, D50s had it in spades.
Preserved:
5069Dorrigo stored - sat
5096Broadmeadow stored - sat
5112Bathurst station static display - sat
5132Dorrigo stored - sup

Steam In New South Wales (Part 5) glimpses of D50s

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