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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
Class Z1229 (C79) locomotive 1939
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…
Boppy Mount, J.A. Goldthorpe partially obscured at left, NSWGR C79-class Locomotive No.169
c. 1910
flickr.com/photos/8571926…
Numbers79-92, 118-126, 143-157, 165-182, 27N-30N, 37N-39N, 47N-51N
(1201-1248 from 1924)
20 rebuilt to Z13 class CC79 remaining C80 class

Z12 (C79) No.150 locomotive
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…
Z1238 (C79) No. 171 locomotive
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…
Class Z1203 (C79) locomotive departing Mudgee (NSW)
16 Jan 1941
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…
Class Z1243 (C79) locomotive beside a Class 3813
31 Dec 1955
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…
NSWGR 79 Class 4-4-0 (later Z12), no. 28N, 1877-79, presumably at Newcastle yard.
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/868…
N suffix denoted Newcastle or "northern division".
c. 1880s
NSWGR 79 Class locomotive, No. 156, Picton, NSW, [1885]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/857…
NSWGR CC79 Class 4-4-2T, No.79, suburban tank type, probably in Sydney, [1896].
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/886…
Between 1896 and 1902, 20 units of the C(79) Class were rebuilt from 4-4-0 configuration to 4-4-2T. Number 79 was the first conversion completed.
NSWGR Z13 (CC79) Class locomotive, No. 1312, Picton Locomotive Depot, [1930]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/108…
23 Z12 taken out of service between 1928 and 1933, others survived working branchlines into the 1950s.

SWGR Z12 Class locomotive, no. 1201, fitted with cowcatcher, western NSW, unidentified location, [n.d.]
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/854…
Preserved:
1210 Canberra - disassembled
1219 Broadmeadow -stored unrestored
1243 Powerhouse Museum - static exhibition

Z1210 and Z1243 (C79) locomotives 1961
records.nsw.gov.au/image/17420_a0…
Z.12 class locos at Valley Heights, for the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of Crossing the Blue Mountains
front is 1243 other 1219. 1963
flickr.com/photos/blue_mo…
NSWGR 79 Class, no 178, in original factory condition 1880s
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/857…
When introduced the C79s hauled all express passenger and mail trains for some 20 years till displaced by newer engines.
Recovered film: Railway Centenary 1955 Sydney
includes locomotives 3813, 5805, 1048, 3806, 1243.
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F class (1st and 2nd)
1st. 4-4-0T 5' 3"
2 built 1869 Avonside Engine Company 21 & 22
Both damaged 1892 when being lifted during a rebuild. Withdrawn and scrapped.

S.A.R. No. 21 class F, Nairne to Milang train at Nairne, c. 1884
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155032… Image
2nd. 4-6-2T 5' 3"
44 built 1902-22
Islington Railway Workshops (21)
James Martin & Co (12)
Perry Engineering (10)

"F" Class Locomotive c 1909
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+110… Image
NumbersF167-F189, F236-F255
F class tanks hauled most of Adelaide's passenger trains from1902 -1930s.

South Australian Railways F-Class locomotive 188. Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia, [n.d.]
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#SARsteamlocomotives
B class 2-4-0
2 built 1856 Robert Stephenson and Company #4,7
Rebuilt as 2-4-0T 1875/76
Both rebuilt as a crane locos 1892 (#4) 1897 (#7)

B4 (Lionel Kingsborough)
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Islington - back of railway station - loco B7 as crane locomotive.
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Both scrapped by 1938.
Class "B" crane, Locs. No. 4 being broken up at Islington.
@SLSA collections 1938 collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+465…
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#SARsteamlocomotives
SAR had both 3'6" and 5'3" gauge locos. Classification was based on the alphabet and then numbers when all letters used. A few locos not classified.

"Honi soit qui mal y pense" strange motto for a railway.
( shamed be (the person) who thinks evil of it )
Broad Gauge Locomotives #1, 2 and 3, 2-4-0 well tank
William Fairbairn - Manchester, England 1856
Converted to tender engines in 1869

No. 1, circa 1869, after conversion from tank to tender loco. NRM
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They were named Adelaide, Victoria & Albert, later being renumbered 1-3. First locos used to pull trains on SAR Adelaide to Port Adelaide line 1856.

Railway Station Port Adelaide 1868
@SLSA collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+1868
Port Adelaide showing the building as originally erected in 1856
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