Locomotive No. 1
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Steam |
| Designer | James McConnell |
| Builder | Robert Stephenson and Company |
| Serial number | 958 |
| Specifications | |
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| Configuration: |
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| • Whyte | 0-4-2 |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Driver dia. | 5 ft 6 in (1.676 m) |
| Length | 14 ft 2 in (4.32 m) |
| Loco weight | 26 long tons 1 cwt 1 qr (58,380 lb or 26.48 t) |
| Tender cap. | 4 long tons (4.064 t; 4.480 short tons) coal, 2,000 imperial gallons (9,100 litres; 2,400 US gallons) water |
| Firebox: • Firegrate area |
13.8 sq ft (1.28 m2) |
| Boiler pressure | 120 lbf/in2 (830 kPa) |
| Heating surface: • Tubes |
1,060 sq ft (98 m2) |
| • Firebox | 85.3 sq ft (7.92 m2) |
| Cylinders | Two |
| Cylinder size | 16 in × 24 in (406 mm × 610 mm) |
| Performance figures | |
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| Tractive effort | 8,900 lbf (40 kN) |
| Career | |
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| Operators | Sydney Railway Company |
| Class | 1 |
| Number in class | 4 |
| Delivered | January 1855 |
| First run | 24 May 1855 |
| Last run | 15 May 1877 |
| Retired | 1877 |
Locomotive No. 1 hauled the first passenger train in New South Wales, Australia. It was built by Robert Stephenson and Company. In 1846 the Sydney Railway Company was formed with the objective of building a railway line between Sydney and Parramatta. No. 1 was one of four locomotives that arrived by sea from the manufacturer in January 1855. The first passenger train hauled by No. 1 was a special service from Sydney Station to Long Cove viaduct (near the present site of Lewisham) on 24 May 1855, Queen Victoria's birthday.
A common misconception is that Locomotive No.1 hauled the first train at the grand opening of the first New South Wales railway, on 26 September 1855. In fact, No. 1 was in need of maintenance that day and not in steam. Its identical sister locomotive No. 3 worked the first passenger train from Sydney at 9:00 am and this was followed by the official train at 12:00 noon hauled by No. 2, driven by William Sixsmith and fireman William Webster.
Locomotive No. 1 is the only locomotive designed by James McConnell to have been preserved. McConnell was the Locomotive Superintendent of the LNWR's Southern Division at Wolverton railway works and the Sydney Railway Company's Consulting Engineer at the time of the railway order.
The design of Locomotive No. 1 was a 0-4-2 modification of the 'Wolverton Express Goods' 0-6-0 introduced on the LNWR in 1854. James McConnell appointed William Scott to supervise the construction of the first engines at Stephenson's Newcastle Works then proceeded to Sydney to organise their erection.
Locomotive No. 1 arrived by ship on 13 January 1855 and hauled to a temporary shed on the site of the Eveleigh Railway Workshops. The Locomotive Engineer William Scott supervised assembly and the engine commenced running on 15 May 1855 with ballast trains for railway construction.
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