New South Wales Z14 class locomotive

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New South Wales Z14 Class
NSWGR CG Class Locomotive.jpg
Z14 Class Passenger Locomotive
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderBeyer Peacock & Co
ModelG class
Build date1865
Total produced13
RebuilderNSW Government Railways Eveilegh works
Rebuild date1903-1905
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-4-0 original build 4-4-0 rebuilt
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders2
Cylinder size18" x 24"
Valve gearStephenson
Performance figures
Tractive effort12,400 lbs (first batch) 13,100 lbs (2nd batch)
Career
OperatorsNSWGR
Number in class13
Numbers1401-1413
Delivered1865
First run1865
Last run1948
Preserved0
DispositionScrapped

The Z14 class was a class of steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia. [1][2][3] The class was introduced in 1865 as the 23 class, reclassified in 1889 as the G class, and rebuilt in 1903-05 as the Cg class, prior to renumbering as the Z14 class in 1924. [4]

The 23 class was introduced in 1865 as 2-4-0 passenger locomotives. A first batch of 9 locomotives, divided between the then isolated northern section of the NSW railways emanating from Newcastle, and the Southern and Western lines emanating from Sydney, had 5'9" driving wheels. A second batch of four locomotives, introduced in 1970 for the Southern and Western lines only, had driving wheels reduced to 5'6" to better suit the steep (1 in 30) grades in some sections of those lines.[5]

After storage for ten years at Eveleigh locomotive works, the G23 class were rebuilt as 4-4-0s with Belpaire boilers and four wheel Bissell truck leading bogies. They were renamed the Cg class in view of the similarity of the rebuilt locomotives to the C class (later Z12 class) 4-4-0s of 1879. [6] The Cg class were renumbered in the 1920s as the Z14 class.

The last in service was 1412 which was retired in 1948. The last recorded as condemned was 1405 in 1950. [7] Scrapping of the class commenced in 1937 and was concluded in 1952.[8]

Gallery

  • Class Z1403 (G23) No.406 locomotive

  • Class Z1407 at Grenfell, 1940

  • Z1615 Locomotive - Class Z1408

  • Class Z1406 (G23) No.23 locomotive at Marulan Railway Station

  • Class Z1412 (G23) No.34 locomotive on the Lithgow Zig Zag railway

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Preston, Ron G (1984). Tender into Tank. Sydney: New South Wales Rail Transport Museum. pp. 11–57. ISBN 0 909862 18 4.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ New South Wales Railways 1855-1955. Published by Department of Railways
  4. ^ A Century Plus of Locomotives, Australian Railway Historical Society, Sydney, 1965, pages 24, 78
  5. ^ A Century Plus of Locomotives p 24
  6. ^ A Century Plus of Locomotives p 78
  7. ^ A Century Plus of Locomotives p 78
  8. ^ Gifford H Eardley, Locomotives Beyond Recall, NSW Rail Transport Museum, Burwood NSW 1976 ISBN 0 909862 08 7
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