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2414 Stored for the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum |
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2414 stored incomplete at Dorrigo on 24 January 2004.
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Builder |
Dubs
& Co, Glasgow |
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Builder’s Number & Year |
2636 of 1891 |
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Wheel Arrangement |
2-6-0 |
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No. in class |
25 |
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The B(55) class 2-6-0 locomotives (later renamed the (Z)24
class) were ordered at a time when the NSWGR was desperately short of motive
power. They were pooled with the similar
but earlier B(205) / (Z)25 class 2-6-0 locomotives on main-line freight duties
until displaced by “Standard Goods” 2-8-0 engines, gravitating to secondary
lines before also being ousted from that role in the 1930’s by newly
converted (C)30T class engines. Some (Z)24’s continued in shunting roles, while many were sold to
private users including collieries and sand & gravel quarries. 2414 was acquired
by the Electricity Commission of NSW in 1959 for shunting duties at the Bunnerong Power
Station, Port Botany where it became No.5. The Electricity Commission operated a
number of (Z)24 class locomotives at this site, 2408
(No. 7), 2413 (No.6), 2414 (No.5) and 2423 together with a (Z)20 class
locomotive. No.5 (the erstwhile
2414) was stopped in 1967 at which stage it became a parts donor for sister No.7
(formerly 2408). Its remains were
donated by the Electricity Commission of NSW to the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum in 1975. 2414 is now stored incomplete at Dorrigo
and is missing its tender, cab and pony truck (although the swing arm remains
and the DSR&M has recovered a suitable wheelset from scrap at Chullora). Accordingly the major components remaining unavailable
are the cab (a relatively simple fabrication) and the pony truck axle boxes. Fortunately
a spare (Z)24 class tender had been in store for
many years at the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere. This tender was acquired by the Dorrigo
Steam Railway & Museum in 2011 and has since been transferred to Dorrigo
for pairing with 2414.
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Tender TAB 318 (last
paired with 1901 & 2532) is seen stored alongside the Thirlmere “Loop Line”
on 23 November 2008.
This tender is now at Dorrigo for pairing with 2414.
References
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"A
Compendium of New South Wales Steam Locomotives" compiled by Alex
Grunbach, published by the Australian
Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division, 1989. |
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