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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
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NSWGR C36 Class No. 3646 4-6-0 Type express passenger locomotive on "Brisbane Express" on the Main Northern Line, [1940s]
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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
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The humped boiler > 'pig' nickname

NSWGR C36, no. 3610, Belpaire firebox, hauling freight, unidentified location, mid-1950's or later.
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The C36s could reach 100+ mph. They hauled all the fast express trains until displaced by the C38s.

NSWGR, C-36 Class, No. 3601, passenger, Katoomba, NSW, [1930s]
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NSWGR, C-36 Class No. 3612, up "Brisbane Express", Cowan Bank 27th December 1934
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NSWGR C36, no. 3639, with Belpaire firebox, at unidentified station, mid-1950's or later.
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NSWGR C36, no. 3612, fitted with smoke deflectors. Unidentified location
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NSWGR C36, no. 3616, fitted with Giesl ejector, between 1957 and 1967, unknown location
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In 1957 a Giesl Oblong Ejector was fitted to 3616, replacing the blast-pipe and chimney

NSWGR C36 Class, no. 3607, crossing steel truss overpass, "Arcadia Tea Rooms" and veteran car in background, unidentified location, [n.d.]
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NSWGR C36 Class No. 3651 4-6-0 Type express passenger locomotive climbing Cowan Bank with the Northern Commercial Limited, [1935]
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In 1934 to operate the Southern Highlands Express 3633 was painted green, another 28 were also painted green. Back to black during WW2. 1927 Royal Tour of the Duke and Duchess of York, 3602, 3615, 3616 & 3617 were painted Royal Blue.

C36 No. 3603
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Preserved:
3609 Junee Static Display (pending restoration)
3616 Thirlmere Stored
3642 Thirlmere Static Display - operational until 2018

3609 watches on from an adjacent bay as 3642 cools down following its last regular mainline run
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NSWGR, C-36 Class, No. 3609 & 3633, Central Railway Station, Sydney, NSW, [1930s]
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The Pigs were rated better than the C38s by many engine crew. Last one withdrawn from service in 1969. Top class locomotive, served NSWGR well.

On Saturday 9th March 2013, steam locomotive 3642 operated the Heritage Express "Steam to the Surf" excursion from Sydney Terminal to Wollongong on the south coast.