Re: [Ausloco] String quartet

["keith malcolm" <kmalcolm@tpg.com.au>]

The letter prefix,in the 1924 renumbering, signified the number of coupled
axles "C' 3 coupled axles, "D" 4 coupled axles, "Z" was for obsolete classes
and "X" was for departmental locomotives(I think).

Dave Malcolm

----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Pall <tompall@bigpond.com>
To: <Ausloco@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 9:29 PM
Subject: RE: [Ausloco] String quartet


> Hi.
> Pre 1924 classification for the "standard goods" was the T, TF and K
> classes.  In the 1924 renumbering they became the D50, D53 and D55
classes,
> with the D prefix only being used to identify the class, not the
individual
> locomotives.  Unlike diesels, when there were 100 or more members in the
> class, the numbers rolled into the next series, i.e. The 101st member of
the
> D50 class was 5101, not 50101 as 48101 is with diesels.  Preserved
examples
> of D50's are 5069(saturated) and 5132 (superheated) at Dorrigo, 5096
> (saturated) at Thirlmere and 5112 (saturated) at Bathurst.
>
> Ron Preston's book "Standards in Steam the 50 class" and his soon to be
> released books on the D53 and D55 classes are good research material.
>
> Trust this is of help
>
> Tom.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Hartley [mailto:hartleymartin@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 June 2000 12:17 PM
> To: ausloco@egroups.com
> Subject: [Ausloco] String quartet
>
> in the NSWGR, which were the "Standard goods" classes?
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