Summary

The C36-class was a two-cylinder, simple-expansion, non-condensing, coal-fired superheated, 4-6-0 type express passenger steam locomotive design, introduced by the New South Wales Government Railways in 1934. The 75 members of the class included 10 engines built at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops from 1925-1928 and 65 engines built by the Clyde Engineering CO., of Granville, New South Wales.

The class was capable of speeds of up to 160 km/hour (99 mph) and provided the principal motive power for all country express trains and major mainline passenger services, and allowed the introduction of faster passenger timetables offering new levels of service in the pre-World War II decades. They remained the mainstay of express passenger services for over 20 years until the introduction of the more powerful C38-class. The last of the C36-class were withdrawn from sertvices in 1969.

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Oblique front view of a New South Wales Government Railways 4-6-0 type 36-class steam locomotive hauling the 'Melbourne Express' passenger train, waiting by the platform at Albury Railway Station, where passengers were required to change trains because of the break of gauge. Passengers disembarked from the (4 ft. 8½-in.) standard gauge New South Wales train and boarded a (5ft. 3 in.) broad gauge Victorian Railways train from the opposite platform.

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