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D55 (K1353) 2-8-0 goods
120 built Clyde Engineering 1918–1925
D55 5501–5620 from 1924
[K 1353–1454]

NSWGR K-1353 Class No. 1389 (later renumbered D55 Class No. 5537) 2-8-0 standard goods locomotive at Eveleigh, [1922]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/8251
NSWGR K1353 class locomotive, before 1924 reclassification to D55 class
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/881…
NSWGR D55 Class locomotive, near Central Station, Sydney
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/796…
NSWGR D55 Class No. 5535 2-8-0 Consolidation Type Standard Goods Locomotive on a down goods on the Main Northern Line between North Strathfield and Hornsby, [1930s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/8224
NSWGR D55 Class No. 5600 2-8-0 Consolidation Type standard goods locomotive, modified to burn oil arriving at Lithgow with up goods, [1950]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/8236
In 1946 industrial action in the coalfields it was decided to convert seventy of the class to oil burners.
NSWGR D55 Class No. 5557 2-8-0 Consolidation Type standard goods locomotive, modified to burn oil, on Enfield-bound goods approaching Loch Street Bridge near Campsie, [1960]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/8233
NSWGR D55 Class, No. 5531, 2-8-0 Consolidation Type, standard goods Locomotive on down goods exiting Picton Tunnel, [1930]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/108…
NSWGR, D-55 Class No. 5586, goods, Picton, [1920s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/108…
NSWGR, D50 Class and D55 Class, goods train, Zig Zag near Lithgow, [1930s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/313…
Last D55 withdrawn 1967. Of the 3 standard goods (D50, D53 and D55) D55 first to go.

Preserved:
5595 Thirlmere Static Display

Last of the D55 K(1353) class "Katies" Nov. 2008
australiansteam.com/5595.htm
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In 1924 a number of the existing locos were reclassified as Z classes: Z11 Z14 Z15 Z16 Z17

Z11 (M40) 4-4-2T
15 built 1891 Beyer, Peacock and Company

NSWGR M-40 Class (later Z11) 4-4-2T, No. 49, suburban tank locomotive at Hamilton
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/3513 Image
NSWGR M40 Class 4-4-2T locomotive, no. 42, Belpaire firebox, hauling tender, unidentified location, 1906-1924.
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/883…
Intended for use on the steeply-graded Strathfield-Hornsby & Milson's Point-Hornsby sections, later used on Newcastle suburban services. Image
4 of the Z11s were sold for industrial use. Rest scrapped 1925-27.

Nepean Sand & Gravel Co, Z11 Class (ex-NSWGR M-40), gravel bins, North Richmond Depot, [1950s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/4318 Image
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Z12 (C79 and C80) 4-4-0
68 built 1877–1882
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (34)
Dübs & Co. (26)
Atlas Engineering Works (8)
First loco in relatively large numbers

Class Z12 (C79) locomotive being unloaded at Circular Quay
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0… 1876 Image
Class Z1229 (C79) locomotive 1939
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0… Image
Boppy Mount, J.A. Goldthorpe partially obscured at left, NSWGR C79-class Locomotive No.169
c. 1910
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C36 4-6-0 express passenger "Pigs"
Built 1925
Eveleigh Railway Workshops (10)
Clyde Engineering (65)
3601–3675

NSWGR 36-class steam locomotive with 'Melbourne Express', Albury Railway Station, 1934
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/795815
#3652 Image
NSWGR C36 Class No. 3646 4-6-0 Type express passenger locomotive on "Brisbane Express" on the Main Northern Line, [1940s]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/8245 Image
36s had a round-top boiler. In the 1950s, majority were rebuilt with all-steel Belpaire boilers and re-designed cabs.

NSWGR C36, no. 3629, original firebox, freshly painted, location probably Enfield sheds
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/867…
The humped boiler > 'pig' nickname Image
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