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5367 Known as “Rosie” |
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A detail photograph of
5367 at Cowra in 1996.
The Clyde Engineering “Phoenix” builder’s plate is
prominent on the cabside.
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Builder |
Granville NSW |
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Builder’s Number & Year |
122 of 1914 |
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Wheel Arrangement |
2-8-0 |
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No. in class |
190 |
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Standard
Goods engine 5367 was originally issued to traffic as TF 985 on 7 August 1914
as one of the New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) TF(939)
class 2-8-0 freight locomotives. The TF(939) class was a locally-designed and built development
of the earlier Beyer Peacock & Co built T(524) class (indeed the moniker TF
is ostensibly derived from “T-class with Flanges”). 190 examples of the TF(939)
class were built and these became the (D)53 class in the NSWGR 1924
renumbering, with TF 985 becoming 5367. 5367 was withdrawn
from NSWGR service in July 1972 at the age of 58 years and with 2,174,613 km travelled. It was condemned on 25 August 1972 but
fortunately escaped the scrap man, instead being sold for the Lachlan Vintage
Village at Forbes. The Lachlan Vintage Village
was an interesting local history museum featuring relocated historical
buildings, a recreated Aboriginal camp and other displays relevant to the Lachlan
River area. From a railway perspective
it included a 2’ gauge line using ex-sugar industry locomotives and a
standard gauge railway which ringed the Village site. Unfortunately the Lachlan Vintage Village
did not succeed as an ongoing concern and the railway assets were
progressively sold off. Standard Goods
loco 5367 was sold to the Lachlan
Valley Railway, Cowra at an early stage of divestment, the ex-Sugar industry
locomotives passed into private hands and the remaining standard-gauge steam
locos 1919 (on gate duty), 3112 and 6042 went to auction in November 1986. 5367
has been based at the Lachlan Valley Railway (LVR) Cowra roundhouse depot for
many years and has been available for rail tour & enthusiast operations
for lengthy periods while cared for by LVR volunteers. I understand 5367 is affectionately known
as “Rosie” by LVR members. For a
period in the 1980’s, 5367 would often be stabled at the West Ryde Pumping
Station in Sydney, permitting easy use on tours in the Sydney area. One of the webmaster’s fondest memories
from this time is a LVR recreation of the Cowan Bank engine operations; 5917
ran a tour from Hornsby station down to Hawkesbury River, where 5367 then attached
for a double-headed run up Cowan Bank and through Ku-ring-gai Chase National
Park back to Hornsby. (Prior to electrification
of this route, a small loco depot at Hawkesbury River had catered for an
allocation of 6 or so Standard Goods Engines for banking duties on the steep
and curving Cowan Bank.) 5367
received a full overhaul at Cowra during 1995; a number of photos on this
page (circa 1996) date from its recent return to service around that
time. After another decade of service,
I understand that 5367 “Rosie” has since been withdrawn and is now displayed in
the LVR’s Cowra Roundhouse Museum, pending repairs. For more general information about the TF(939) / (D)53 class, refer to the entry for 5353. |
5367 crossing the Lachlan River bridge
at Cowra, 1996.
For a period in the
1980’s, 5367 and train were often stabled at West Ryde Pumping Station in
suburban Sydney.
5367 is seen in this old
scanned photo (circa 1983) in company with its train of FS cars, a K-truck full
of loco coal and surrounded by lighting-up wood.
(These sidings had been the domain of preserved loco MWS&DB No.4 during its working career,
but are now long gone.)
A second view of 5367 at
West Ryde, circa 1983.
At that stage 5367 was paired with a 3650-gallon tender (I
believe the one normally paired with 3237).
References
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a |
“Standards
in Steam – the 53 & 55 Class” by R. G. Preston, Published
by Eveleigh Press, 2000. |
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b |
"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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‘Steam
Locomotive Data’ July 1974 edition, compiled by J. H. Forsyth for the Public
Transport Commission of NSW. |
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d |
Wikipedia
entry for the NSWGR D53 class, retrieved 16 June 2015 |
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