New South Wales Z23 class locomotive
New South Wales Z23 Class | |
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O.446 Class Locomotive | |
Type and origin | |
Power type | Steam |
Builder | Baldwin Locomotive Works[1] |
Total produced | 12[1] |
Specifications | |
Configuration | 4-6-0[1] |
Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)[1] |
Driver diameter | 5ft 1in[1] |
Locomotive and tender combined weight | 90.37 tons[1] |
Boiler pressure | 160lb [1] |
Firegrate area | 27.7 sq.ft[1] |
Cylinder size | 21 x 24[1] |
Performance figures | |
Tractive effort | 22,209lb[1] |
Career | |
Withdrawn | 1933-1946 |
Disposition | All scrapped |
The Z23 class (formally O.446 class) was a class of steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.[2][3][4]
Royal Commission
These locomotives were said to be too heavy and too wide at the cylinders, and were the subject of a Royal Commission.[5]
Withdrawal
2305 was the first withdrawn in May 1933. By 1941 only six were left, with the last, 2304, being withdrawn in September 1946.[1] None has survived onto preservation.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 Oberg, Leon (1975). Locomotives of Australia. p. 73. ISBN 0 589 07173 4.
- ↑ Preston, Ron G (1984). Tender into Tank. Sydney: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. pp. 11–57. ISBN 0 909862 18 4.
- ↑ Grunbach, Alex (1989). A Compendium of New South Wales Steam Locomotives. Sydney: Australian Railway Historical Society, NSW Division. pp. 41–45. ISBN 0 909650 27 6.
- ↑ New South Wales Railways 1855-1955. Published by Department of Railways
- ↑ "BALDWIN ENGINE COMMISSION.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 26 May 1892. p. 6. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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