Building goods locomotive 5801, Eveleigh Workshops, Redfern, Sydney, 1949 / R. Bean
Class leader of New South Wales Government Railways & Tramways 58 class goods locomotive. Twenty-five of these large steam locomotives were planned but only 13 were built as they were not as successful as the previous 57 class on which they were based and they were phased out as diesel came in.
For more information on the 58 class, see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_D58_class_locomotive
Format: Photograph
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Building goods locomotive 5801, Eveleigh Workshops, Redfern, Sydney, 1949 / R. Bean
Class leader of New South Wales Government Railways & Tramways 58 class goods locomotive. Twenty-five of these large steam locomotives were planned but only 13 were built as they were not as successful as the previous 57 class on which they were based and they were phased out as diesel came in.
For more information on the 58 class, see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_D58_class_locomotive
Format: Photograph
Notes: Find more detailed information about this photograph: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=411778
Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/SimpleSearch.aspx
From the collection of the State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au