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C34 (N928) 4-6-0 express passenger
5 built Eveleigh Railway Workshops 1909-10
3401-3405
Faster version of C32 but didn't ride well. Main use was south from Junee.

NSWGR, N-928 Class No. 929, later C-34 Class No. 3402, [1920]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/8255
All C34s withdrawn 1957 scrapped by 1962. Attempts were made to preserve 3402 (last withdrawn) but failed.

NSWGR C34 class, no. 3404, after 1924, unidentified location
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/868…
NSWGR C34 Class No. 3404 4-6-0 Type express passenger locomotive on passenger departing Newcastle, [1930]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/4171
C34 3405 post 1924
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South…
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Prior to 1924 there was a very wide range of locomotives which were grouped as X10 when the new classification was done.
A complete list is here > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSWGR_ste…

F351 X1033 locomotive is an example
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0… Image
Class F351 No.368 locomotive pulling refrigerator cars
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…

18 F351 built 1884-87
Beyer, Peacock and Company (12)
Henry Vale (6) Image
Yard and depot locomotives, crane locomotives, locomotive and accident cranes and special equipment were classified as the X10 class as well.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South…

NSWGR, N-67 class steam crane locomotive, Hamilton, [1900]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/307… Image
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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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