New South Wales Z14 class locomotive

Class of Australian 4-4-0 locomotives

New South Wales Z14 Class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company
Build date	1865
Total produced	13
Rebuilder	Eveleigh Railway Workshops
Rebuild date	1903-1905

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	Built as 2-4-0, rebuilt as 4-4-0
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Fuel type	Coal
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	18 in × 24 in (460 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gear	Stephenson

Performance figures
Tractive effort	12,400 lb (5,600 kg) (1st batch) 13,100 lb (5,900 kg) (2nd batch)

Career
Operators	New South Wales Government Railways
Number in class	13
Numbers	As built: 14N-16N, 23-28, 32-35 From 1924:1401-1413
Delivered	1865-1870
First run	1865
Last run	1948
Disposition	All scrapped

The New South Wales Z14 class was a class of steam locomotives operated by the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.

History

In 1865, Beyer, Peacock & Company delivered the first of nine G class 2-4-0 steam locomotives to the New South Wales Government Railways for passenger service. Three, numbered 14N-16N, entered service on the isolated northern section north of Singleton on the Main Northern line. The other six, 23-28, operated on the Main Southern line between Picton and Goulburn, and the Main Western line between Penrith and Mount Victoria.

The 5'9" driving wheels proved too large for the steep gradients to which they were assigned, and a follow-up order for four, numbered 32-35, were built with 5'6" driving wheels. They were reclassified in 1889 as the G class before being withdrawn in the 1890s.

After being stored for ten years, all members of the G23 class were rebuilt as 4-4-0s at Eveleigh Railway Workshops with Belpaire boilers and four wheel Bissell leading bogies. They were renamed the Cg class in view of the similarity of the rebuilt locomotives to the C class 4-4-0s of 1879. As part of the 1924 reclassification scheme, all 13 were reclassified as the Z14 class and renumbered 1401 to 1413.

The last in service was 1412 which was retired in 1948. The last recorded as condemned was 1405 in 1950. Scrapping of the class commenced in 1937 and was concluded in 1952.

References

New South Wales Railways 1855-1955. Sydney: Department of Railways. 1955. p. 148.
^ Grunbach, Alex (1989). A Compendium of New South Wales Steam Locomotives. Sydney: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 28, 29, 140, 141. ISBN 0-909650-27-6.
Loco Classes of the New South Wales Government Railways Truck & Bus Transportation May 1940 page 26
^ A Century Plus of Locomotives. Sydney: Australian Railway Historical Society. 1965. pp. 24, 78.
Gifford H Eardley, Locomotives Beyond Recall, New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, Burwood NSW 1976 ISBN 0 909862 08 7