Power type Steam Configuration 4-6-0 | Total produced 12 Driver dia. 5 ft 1 in | |
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Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works Gauge 4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | ||
The Z23 class (formerly O.446 class) was a class of steam locomotives built for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.
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Royal Commission
These locomotives were said to be too heavy and too wide at the cylinders, and were the subject of a Royal Commission.
Withdrawal
2305 was the first withdrawn in May 1933. By 1941 only six were left, with the last, 2304, being withdrawn in September 1946. None has survived onto preservation.
References
New South Wales Z23 class locomotive Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA