New South Wales C38 class locomotive

what is it?

The C38 class, occasionally known as the 38 class and nicknamed "Pacifics" by some railwaymen, is a class of 4-6-2 passenger steam locomotives built by Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Clyde Engineering and Cardiff Locomotive Workshops, for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia. Constructed between January 1943 and November 1949, the 30 locomotives in the class were designed to haul express passenger services throughout New South Wales. They were the only New South Wales locomotives to use the popular Pacific 4-6-2 wheel arrangement and were the last steam locomotives in the state to be built for passenger train operation, all subsequent deliveries being specifically for freight haulage.

who runs it

base stats

• built 30made in total

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 83 years ago, in 1943.
• 📏23.2 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 27 years (1943–1970).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1943–1949

in service from

1943

retired

1970

status

preserved

number built

30

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇦🇺 Australia

builders

Clyde Engineering, Cardiff locomotive workshops, Eveleigh Railway Workshops

operators

New South Wales Government Railways

top speed

—

power

—

wheel arrangement

4-6-2

length

23.2 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.