Re: NSW steam loco boilers

[david <david@nmit.vic.edu.au>]

Are there enough 'spare' boliers lying around for the 38's ???

Regards,
David Head

David Bromage wrote:

> Chris (chrisc@fl.net.au) wrote:
> > Does anybody know when the last new locomotive boiler was constructed in NSW
> > for a non preserved government locomotive?
> > I think some were built in the late 1950's but I don't know if any were
> > constructed in the 1960's.
>
> Clyde was still building new boilers into the late 1950s. A natch of N
> boilers were made by Clyde in about 1958. IIRC, some new standard goods
> boilers were made around the same time.
>
> Cheers
> David