New South Wales Government Railways: C38-Class Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific Express Passenger Locomotive Part 2 (TH-415)

Product No.: TH-415
Title:  New South Wales Government Railways: C38-Class Pacific 4-6-2 Pacific Express Passenger Locomotive Part 2
Author(s): Barrack, Richard & Berry, John & Gee, Neville
Illustrator(s): N/A
Publisher: Train Hobby Publications Australia
ISBN: 9781921122415
Condition: New
Binding: Soft Cover
Dust Jacket: None
Edition: First
Publication Year: 2011

Features: 56 Pages with Colour Photos.

- The C38 class was a class of steam locomotive built and operated by the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia. Built from 1943, the 30 locomotives in the class were designed to haul express trains and replace the C36 class on these premium workings. They were the first NSW locomotives to use the popular Pacific 4-6-2 wheel arrangement The C38 class were first conceived in 1938. They suffered many delays during construction - mostly due to the Second World War. 3801 was the first engine completed and entered service in January 1943.

- The last in the class, 3830 entered service in November 1949. The first five locomotives were built in the Clyde Railway Workshops and wore distinctive streamlined boiler casing. The remaining 25 locomotives were built at the New South Wales Government Railway Workshops at Eveleigh, New South Wales (13 locomotives) and NSWGR Workshops at Cardiff in Newcastle (12 locomotives).

- By 1951 diesel locomotives started appearing on the rails of NSW. These gradually took the "glamour workings" away from the 38 class, who would be confined to all-stations passenger and even goods trains. They could still be found working The Newcastle Flyer up until December 1970