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New South Wales C35 class locomotive
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Eveleigh Railway Workshops· from 1914· class of 35 Australian 4-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSWGR Class C35 Locomotive: NSWGR Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The C35 class is a class of steam locomotives built by Eveleigh Railway Workshops between 1914 and 1923 for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia. Despite their elegant, somewhat English looking appearance, they suffered a long period of teething troubles and were poor performers, especially on long climbs.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 54 years (1914–1968).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1914–1923
- in service from
- 1914
- retired
- 1968
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Eveleigh Railway Workshops
- operators
- New South Wales Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- weight
- 83 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12063892, Wikipedia: New South Wales C35 class locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.