Slogging goods locomotive - New South Wales Government Railways D55 class 5595 at the Rail Transport Museum at Thirlmere
Built by the same Clyde Engineering in Granville NSW as CLP 12, 5595, a southern valve gear fitted 2-8-0 goods locomotive entered service on 3 July 1924 and was condemned on 17 November 1967. It arrived at Thirlmere in 1974 in fairly run down and rusted condition but has now been lovingly restored. 5595 is the only extant member of the D55 class, which were fitted with the novel and complicated Southern Valve gear. To a degree, problems with this gear contributed to reliability and these locomotives were sometimes withdrawn earlier than their older counterparts in the other D50 2-8-0 goods classes. The Southern Valve gear caused a bump to be inserted in the red running plate along the side of the locomotive - earlier classes have a straight plate.
Slogging goods locomotive - New South Wales Government Railways D55 class 5595 at the Rail Transport Museum at Thirlmere
Built by the same Clyde Engineering in Granville NSW as CLP 12, 5595, a southern valve gear fitted 2-8-0 goods locomotive entered service on 3 July 1924 and was condemned on 17 November 1967. It arrived at Thirlmere in 1974 in fairly run down and rusted condition but has now been lovingly restored. 5595 is the only extant member of the D55 class, which were fitted with the novel and complicated Southern Valve gear. To a degree, problems with this gear contributed to reliability and these locomotives were sometimes withdrawn earlier than their older counterparts in the other D50 2-8-0 goods classes. The Southern Valve gear caused a bump to be inserted in the red running plate along the side of the locomotive - earlier classes have a straight plate.