Z1210
1210 displayed outside Canberra railway station
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Steam |
| Builder | Beyer, Peacock & Co. |
| Serial number | 1767 |
| Build date | 1878 |
| Specifications | |
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| Configuration: |
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| • Whyte | 4-4-0 |
| • UIC | 2'Bn |
| Gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Driver dia. | 5 ft 6 in (1.676 m) |
| Adhesive weight | 57,000–62,000 lb (26–28 t) |
| Loco weight | 84,000–95,000 lb (38–43 t) |
| Firebox: • Firegrate area |
15 sq ft (1.4 m2) |
| Boiler pressure | 130 psi (0.9 MPa) as built; 140 psi (1.0 MPa) later |
| Heating surface | 1,070–1,120 sq ft (99–104 m2) |
| Superheater | None |
| Cylinders | Two, outside |
| Cylinder size | 18 in × 24 in (460 mm × 610 mm) |
| Performance figures | |
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| Tractive effort | 13,019–14,020 lbf (57.9–62.4 kN) |
| Career | |
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| Operators | New South Wales Government Railways |
Locomotive 1210 is one of the oldest operational 'mainline' steam locomotives in the world being one of the "Australian eight wheeler" locomotives built by Beyer, Peacock & Co. in 1878. Restored and hauling heritage trains operated by the ARHS ACT Division.
No. 1210 is a C.79 Class (Z12 from 1924) 4-4-0 passenger steam locomotive. The locomotive is a two-cylinder, simple, non-condensing, saturated 'American' type steam locomotive. Frame is inside plate steel riveted with a saturated Belpair firebox boiler supplying steam to two inclined outside cylinders driving two large spoked wheels with plain journal bearings. Power is transmitted from the cylinders through 'Stephenson link Motion', four bar crossheads and plain unfluted connecting and coupling rods.
Locomotive 1210 was built in 1878 by Beyer, Peacock & Co., Manchester, England. The locomotive arrived in Sydney and began its working life as No. 120 on the southern and western lines.
After 15 years service the locomotive was transferred to Penrith and in 1896 it was transferred to the far north-west of NSW.
The locomotive was returned to Sydney in 1912 and in 1914 was shifted to Goulburn, where it hauled trains to Queanbeyan. On 25 May 1914 locomotive 1210 hauled the first revenue-earning train into Canberra. This was the coal train that served the main Canberran electricity generation station.
The re-classification of NSW engines gave the engine number 1210 post 1924 and worked in the Parkes and Mudgee districts.
In 1932 Locomotive 1210 was declared obsolete and withdrawn from service but not scrapped due to a shortage of engines and in 1935 assigned to Moree to haul local branch line trains. In 1943 the engine was again withdrawn from service but due to war-time pressure on the railways returned to service. In 1947 the engine was returned to Parkes for use as a relief or emergency engine. It continued in use until 1958 when it was finally withdrawn from service.
In 1955 for the centenary of rail operations in New South Wales, with sister locomotive 1243 hauled the Vintage Train across the state for railway celebrations. 1210 and 1243 also celebrated the NSW Railway's "Last Steam Train to Gosford".
On 31 October 1959 the NSW Steam Tram and Railway Preservation Society hired the locomotive to haul a train from Sydney to Canberra for the dedication of All Saints Church, Ainslie. Bruce Macdonald and the Society successfully appealed to the National Capital Development Commission (NCDC) and the NSW Railways to assist in the locomotive's preservation.
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