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2408 Stored for the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum |
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2408 stored with other locomotives in the Dorrigo station
yard on 24 January 2004.
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Builder |
Dubs
& Co, Glasgow |
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Builder’s Number & Year |
2631 of 1891 |
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Wheel Arrangement |
2-6-0 |
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No. in class |
25 |
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The B(55) class 2-6-0 locomotives (later renamed the (Z)24
class) were ordered at a time when the NSWGR was desperately short of motive
power. They were pooled with the similar
but earlier B(205) / (Z)25 class 2-6-0 locomotives on main-line freight duties
until displaced by “Standard Goods” 2-8-0 engines, gravitating to secondary
lines before also being ousted from that role in the 1930’s by newly
converted (C)30T class engines. Some (Z)24’s continued in shunting roles, while many were sold to
private users including collieries and sand & gravel quarries. 2408
was acquired by the Electricity Commission of NSW in 1964 for shunting duties
at the Bunnerong
Power Station, Port Botany where it became No.7. The Electricity Commission operated a
number of (Z)24 class locomotives at this site, 2408
(No. 7), 2413 (No.6), 2414 (No.5) and 2423 together with a (Z)20 class
locomotive. 2408
/ No.7 was later donated
by the Electricity Commission of NSW to the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum. It is now stored with other DSR&M
locomotives on the former “potato siding” within the Dorrigo Station yard,
where it regularly receives a coat of black oil to provide some protection against
the torrential rain in this area.
Unfortunately the Dorrigo
Steam Railway & Museum is not open to the general public and hence
access to the exhibits is restricted. For more
general information about the B(55) / (Z)24 class
locomotives, refer to the entry for sister 2419. |
My thanks to Anthony Winstone for contributing this view of
2408 at Dorrigo on 24 September 2005.
References
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"A
Compendium of New South Wales Steam Locomotives" compiled by Alex Grunbach, published by the Australian
Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division, 1989. |
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