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#CRsteamlocomotives
C class 4-6-0 same as NSWGR C36 but with higher capacity tenders
8 built Walkers Qld 1938
C62-C69

Commonwealth Railways C Class no. 62
Port Augusta Railway Station
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Note short smoke deflectors located either side of the funnel.

Commonwealth Railways C class locomotive C67 on the Trans Australia railway
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c. 1939

Commonwealth Railways C62
Port Augusta Railway Station
UON
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There was a problem with smoke entering cabs of the C locos so various designs of smoke deflectors were tried and small short smoke deflectors located either side of the funnel was the solution.

Commonwealth Railways engine C63
(Chris Drymalik Collection) c. 1938
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Very impressive tenders!

C64 - Port Augusta (Chris Drymalik Collection)
c. 1940
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Commonwealth Railways engine C69 on Trans-Australian at Parkeston
(Chris Drymalik Collection) 1952
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C63, Locomotive depot, Port Augusta, SA, January 1958
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UON
C63 out of service, was written off in 1956.
Note no tender.
C class tenders were converted into water carriers for use on the CR weed killer train. Locos all scrapped by 1960s.

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