#2098
3642
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1926· preserved New South Wales C36 class locomotive
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 3642 Steamfest: Barnesy Barnes· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. NSWGR 3642 during 2014 Great Train Race at Sydney Central Station: Hpeterswald· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Locomotive 3642 is a two-cylinder, simple, non-condensing, coal-fired superheated, 4-6-0 36 class express passenger steam locomotive built for the New South Wales Government Railways in 1926 by Clyde Engineering. It is one of three 36 class locomotives that were preserved.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- Served for 43 years (1926–1969).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1926
- in service from
- 1926
- retired
- 1969
- status
- retired
- number built
- 42
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- nicknames
- The Pig, Miss Piggy
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4635671, Wikipedia: 3642 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.