New South Wales Z16 class locomotive

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New South Wales Z16 Class
NSWGR D.261 Class Locomotive.jpg
D.261 (Z16) Class Express Passenger Locomotive
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerBeyer, Peacock & Company
BuilderDübs & Company
Total produced41
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-4-0
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.6'1 1/2" (D334) 6.0 1/2"(D 261)
Boiler pressure140lbs
Cylinders2
Cylinder size18"x 26"
Performance figures
Tractive effort13,100lbs (D 261) 12,800 (D334)

The Z16 class (formerly D.261 class and D.334 class) was a class of steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.[1][2][3] They (with the similar D255, later Z15 class) earned the name "High Fliers" due to their (by NSW standards) large driving wheels and high speed when working express services.[4][5] The Z16 class were an amalgamation under the New South Wales Government Railways 1924 locomotive renumbering of two previous classes, the D.261 and D.334 classes. The D.261 class were renumbered as 1601-24 and the D.334 class as 1625-41.[6] Differences between the two varieties within the Z16 class included that the former D.261 class had Stephenson valve gear while the D.334 class had Joy's valve gear (both inside the frames), and (more visibly) that in the former D.261 engines the front bogie wheels were a closely spaced Bissell truck while the former D.334 class had its front bogie wheels in a more widely spaced Adams bogie.[7] The class was withdrawn from 1926 to 1933, except the former D.334 and D.342 which were sold (without their tenders) to the Nepean Sand and Gravel Company for use at Yarramundi NSW. [8] One of these two locomotives was observed and photographed in steam in the late 1940s or early 1950s by members of the Australian Railway Historical Society.[9]

Gallery[]

  • First inspection of Taree railway line Dated: c.01/01/1913

  • Z1638 Locomotive No. 347

  • Z1615 No. 275 - State Governor's Special

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. ^ Magazine N.S.W.R.T.M. ROUNDHOUSE Vol.30 No.2 - APRIL 1993 page 26
  5. ^ A Century Plus of Locomotives, Australian Railway Historical Society, 1965, p.50
  6. ^ GH Eardley, Locomotives Beyond Recall, New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, ISBN 0-909862-08-7
  7. ^ Eardley op.cit.
  8. ^ Eardley op.cit
  9. ^ 21 Years of Tours, 1968, Australian Railway Historical Society pages 22-24
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