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New South Wales D58 class locomotive

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and thus used more steam. This could cause the locomotives to be uneconomical in the use of coal and water when compared with the 57 class, but the 58's longer valve travel ameliorated this objection if driven as designed to be so. Despite the design being made to enable use on the
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Whilst the derived rack and pinion valve gear appeared superior in theory, in practice it required more maintenance and lubrication. The smaller diameter cylinders of the 58 class (21.1/2") compared to the earlier 57 class (23.1/4") demanded a later
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After a very short service life, the entire class had been withdrawn by July 1957 and were all cut up by March 1964. Some parts were recovered and used on 57 class locomotives. There are no surviving examples, however the tender of 5808 lies near
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as an old fuel tank for a Canberra-based diesel shunter (now disused). Some 58 class tenders saw further use as water tankers around New South Wales. One is at the
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with two. The first entered service in March 1950. The decision to move to diesel power saw only 13 locomotives completed.
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for the middle cylinder and the use of smaller cylinders to enable the locomotives to run to on the
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Slee, David E (January 2000). "D57 and D58 Classes—Design Differences and Power Comparisons".
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Workshops to build 25 freight locomotives. The design was a modified version of the
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Wright, H (July 1964). "The Last of the 58-Class 'Mountain' Locomotives".
498:, few journeys were ever made on this route. They mainly were used on the 1411: 999: 132: 1525: 465: 270: 974: 964: 959: 529: 395: 491: 893: 888: 384: 362: 114: 53: 943: 938: 933: 928: 923: 918: 913: 908: 903: 898: 669: 577:A Compendium of New South Wales Steam Locomotives 1639: 607:. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 168–170. 630:Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin 557:Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin 379:was a class of steam locomotives built by the 655: 194:311,000 lb (141,067 kg; 141 t) 570: 568: 566: 186:212,000 lb (96,162 kg; 96 t) 16:Australian three-cylinder 4-8-2 locomotives 662: 648: 410:. The main alterations were the use of a 605:Locomotives of Australia 1850's - 1980's 598: 596: 574: 563: 528: 464: 394: 1668:Standard gauge locomotives of Australia 383:in Australia. They were built with the 1658:Railway locomotives introduced in 1950 1640: 627: 643: 602: 593: 226:3,390 sq ft (314.94 m) 1648:Steam locomotives of New South Wales 1617:Rail rollingstock in New South Wales 554: 402:In 1943, approval was given for the 404:New South Wales Government Railways 381:New South Wales Government Railways 337:New South Wales Government Railways 174:5 ft 0 in (1,524 mm) 13: 877:NSWGR individual steam locomotives 670:New South Wales Rail rolling stock 438:, the 58 class were fitted with a 365:, with exceptions to some tenders. 243:775 sq ft (72.00 m) 14: 1679: 1612:Rail transport in New South Wales 506:and in a limited capacity on the 416:Gresley 2:1 conjugated valve gear 1547:Far West Baby Health Clinic Cars 524:Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum 265:(546 mm × 711 mm) 210:65 sq ft (6.04 m) 29: 445: 305:55,008 lbf (244.7 kN) 1449:South Maitland Railway railcar 1140:NSW private diesel locomotives 621: 548: 426:, a route which had a tighter 263:21.5 in × 28 in 1: 953:NSW private steam locomotives 541: 460: 455:Cardiff Locomotive Workshops 218:200 psi (1.38 MPa) 69:Cardiff Locomotive Workshops 7: 1627:NSW TrainLink rolling stock 1622:Sydney Trains rolling stock 533:5801 under construction at 10: 1684: 1542:American Suburban (A type) 1535:Wooden passenger carriages 535:Eveleigh Railway Workshops 451:Eveleigh Railway Workshops 442:to feed the large firebox 414:valve gear in lieu of the 64:Eveleigh Railway Workshops 1607: 1591: 1556:Steel passenger carriages 1555: 1534: 1513: 1497: 1399: 1379: 1283: 1276: 1245: 1139: 1008: 952: 876: 675: 453:built 11 locomotives and 390: 360: 352: 342: 332: 327: 323: 309: 299: 294: 290: 269: 257: 247: 240: • Heating area 239: 230: 222: 214: 206: 198: 190: 178: 167: 131: 120: 107: 98: 93: 89: 75: 59: 49: 44: 40: 28: 24:New South Wales D58 class 23: 1277:Electric multiple units 676:NSWGR steam locomotives 575:Grunbach, Alex (1989). 207: • Grate area 1498:Bi-mode multiple units 538: 477: 399: 1592:Classification system 532: 468: 398: 1663:Scrapped locomotives 1246:Electric locomotives 603:Oberg, Leon (1984). 279:. Derived (middle): 35:Class D58 Locomotive 1316:Tulloch double deck 1301:Tulloch single deck 473:freight train into 387:wheel arrangement. 295:Performance figures 1192:Interail 423 class 1009:Diesel locomotives 539: 488:Main Northern line 478: 475:Sutherland station 400: 1653:4-8-2 locomotives 1635: 1634: 1599:Steam Locomotives 1484:CRT Cargosprinter 1417:Silver City Comet 1395: 1394: 1296:Standard suburban 500:Main Western line 440:mechanical stoker 373: 372: 369: 368: 319: 318: 286: 285: 85: 84: 1675: 1526:X2000 Tilt Train 1281: 1280: 664: 657: 650: 641: 640: 634: 633: 625: 619: 618: 600: 591: 590: 572: 561: 560: 552: 520:Canberra station 325: 324: 292: 291: 183: 163: 157: 153: 151: 150: 146: 143: 91: 90: 78: 42: 41: 33: 21: 20: 1683: 1682: 1678: 1677: 1676: 1674: 1673: 1672: 1638: 1637: 1636: 1631: 1603: 1587: 1583:Stainless steel 1551: 1530: 1509: 1493: 1400:Diesel railcars 1391: 1375: 1272: 1241: 1135: 1004: 948: 872: 671: 668: 638: 637: 626: 622: 615: 601: 594: 587: 573: 564: 553: 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Steam
Eveleigh Railway Workshops
Cardiff Locomotive Workshops
Whyte
4-8-2
UIC
Gauge
standard gauge
Driver
Adhesive weight
Cylinders
Cylinder size
Valve gear
Walschaerts
Rack and pinion
Tractive effort
Factor of adh.
New South Wales Government Railways
Class
scrapped
New South Wales Government Railways
4-8-2

New South Wales Government Railways
57 class
rack and pinion
Gresley 2:1 conjugated valve gear
Main North line
Broadmeadow

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