TGR class C

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TGR class C
C1 (left) in the West Coast Pioneers Museum
C1 (left) in the West Coast Pioneers Museum
Numbering: C1-C28
Number: 27 + 1 (ex EWC)
Manufacturer: Beyer, Peacock & Co.
Year of construction (s): 1885-1907
Axis formula : 1'C
Type : 1'C n2
Gauge : 1067 mm ( cape track )
Service mass: 42.7 t (42 long tons ; 94,100 lb ) -47.8 t (47 long tons; 105,300 lb)
Starting tractive effort: 55.63 kN (12,507 lbf )
Driving wheel diameter: 991 mm (3 ft 3 in )
Number of cylinders: 2
Cylinder diameter: 368 mm (14.5 in )
Piston stroke: 508 mm (20 in )
Boiler overpressure: 0.97 MPa (140 lbf / in² ) -1.00 MPa (145 lbf / in²)
Fuel supply: coal

The TGR-Class C was a class of 1 'C - steam locomotives , which at the Tasmanian Government Railways was used (TGR).

With 28 units, it was the TGR series of steam locomotives with the greatest number.

history

Between 1885 and 1892 the Tasmanian Government Railways received a delivery of 19 class C locomotives from Beyer, Peacock & Co in Manchester . Another eight followed in the early years of the 20th century . A twenty-eighth, originally built for the Emu Bay Railway , was acquired second-hand in 1937. They were the first locomotives to become almost an Australian standard type for the 1067mm gauge, locomotives of similar construction were sold in greater numbers than STC class Y from the Silverton Tramway Company , as SAR class Y from the South Australian Railways and as WAGR class G by the Western Australian Government Railways , also used in Queensland and on the North Australia Railway as NAR type NF .

In 1912 six locomotives (16-19, 26 and 27) with new cylinders, Belpaire boilers and larger fire boxes were rebuilt and redrawn as class CC. In 1924 another four (21, 23-25) were also rebuilt and also received a Walschaerts control and were re-designated as the CCS class.

In 1948 another seven locomotives of the same design were acquired by the Commonwealth Railways . They were originally built as Class Y for the South Australian Railways and were sold to the Commonwealth Railways for service on the North Australia Railway during World War II . Four locomotives were taken into operation as Class F , the other three were used as spare parts donors.

Emu Bay Railway

The Emu Bay Railway (EBR) purchased two locomotives of identical construction from James Martin & Co in Gawler in 1897 , which were given the numbers 4 and 5 . The number 9 followed in 1906 by the same manufacturer and number 10 by Beyer-Peacock in 1908 . The latter was sold in 1920 to the Public Works Department and from there in 1937 to the TGR, which classified it as the C28.

In 1956, the EWC acquired the F1 locomotive from TGR, which was built in 1892 by James Martin & Co for the South Australian Railways and classified it as number 19. Together with the three existing locomotives, it was used until 1963.

Preserved locomotives

Four copies have survived:

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ TGR Steam Locomotives Rail Tasmania
  2. ^ A b Jim Turner: Australian Steam Locomotives 1896-1958 . Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst 1997, ISBN 0-86417-778-X , pp. 66, 99, 143.
  3. ^ A b c Leon Oberg: Locomotives of Australia 1850s – 2010 . Rosenberg Publishing, Dural 2010, ISBN 978-1-921719-01-1 , p. 65.
  4. ^ A b Steam Locomotives of the Tasmanian Government Railways and its Constituents , in Australian Railway History , Issue 917, March 2014, pp. 6, 7, 14
  5. ↑ a b c Tasmanian C class survivors , in Railway Digest September 2015, p. 54
  6. ↑ a b c d Standard 2-6-0 locomotives Rail Tasmania
  7. ↑ a b c Emu Bay Railway Locomotives Rail Tasmania
  8. ^ C1 Australian Steam
  9. ↑ C22 Australian Steam
  10. ^ Locomotive C22 returns to service at the Tasmanian Transport Museum ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Engineering Tasmania November 2009
  11. ↑ CCS23 Australian Steam
  12. ↑ CCS25 Australian Steam