#1157
New South Wales C30 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1903· class of 145 Australian 4-6-4T locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 3112 at Maitland Steamfest: Barnesy Barnes· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. New South Wales Railway Museum 60: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. NSWGR Class C30 Locomotive: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The C30 class (formerly S.636 class) is a class of steam locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Company and Eveleigh Railway Workshops for the New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) of Australia. These 4-6-4 tank locomotives were specifically designed to haul Sydney's ever increasing suburban traffic, particularly over the heavy grades on the Northern, North Shore and Illawarra lines.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 123 years ago, in 1903.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 70 years (1903–1973).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1903–1917
- in service from
- 1903
- retired
- 1973
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 145
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Eveleigh Railway Workshops
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-4T
- weight
- 73 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7011673, Wikipedia: New South Wales C30 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.