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The New South Wales Z14 class was a class of steam locomotives operated by the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.
In 1865, Beyer, Peacock & Company delivered the first of nine G class 2-4-0 steam locomotives to the New South Wales Government Railways for passenger service. Three, numbered 14N-16N, entered service on the isolated northern section north of Singleton on the Main Northern line. The other six, 23-28, operated on the Main Southern line between Picton and Goulburn, and the Main Western line between Penrith and Mount Victoria. [1] [2]
The 5'9" driving wheels proved too large for the steep gradients to which they were assigned, and a follow-up order for four, numbered 32-35, were built with 5'6" driving wheels. They were reclassified in 1889 as the G class before being withdrawn in the 1890s.
After being stored for ten years, all members of the G23 class were rebuilt as 4-4-0s at Eveleigh Railway Workshops with Belpaire boilers and four wheel Bissell leading bogies. They were renamed the Cg class in view of the similarity of the rebuilt locomotives to the C class 4-4-0s of 1879. [3] [4] As part of the 1924 reclassification scheme, all 13 were reclassified as the Z14 class and renumbered 1401 to 1413. [2]
The last in service was 1412 which was retired in 1948. The last recorded as condemned was 1405 in 1950. [2] [4] Scrapping of the class commenced in 1937 and was concluded in 1952. [5]
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