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Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-8-2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Loco weight	165 long tons (168 t; 185 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox:
• Grate area	47 sq ft (4.4 m2)
Boiler pressure	200 psi (14 bar; 1,379 kPa)
Cylinder size	22 in × 28 in (559 mm × 711 mm)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Clyde Engineering
Build date	1951-1952
Total produced	10

Commonwealth Railways L class
Commonwealth Railways L class
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Clyde Engineering
Build date	1951-1952
Total produced	10
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-8-2
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Loco weight	165 long tons (168 t; 185 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox:
• Grate area	47 sq ft (4.4 m2)
Boiler pressure	200 psi (14 bar; 1,379 kPa)
Cylinder size	22 in × 28 in (559 mm × 711 mm)
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	40,418 lbf (179.79 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	Commonwealth Railways
Numbers	L80-L89
Withdrawn	May 1959
Scrapped	Mid 1960
Disposition	All scrapped

The Commonwealth Railways L class was a class of 2-8-2 freight locomotives built in 1951-1952 by Clyde Engineering, Granville, for the Commonwealth Railways, Australia.

History

In the late 1940s, the Federal Government placed an order with Clyde Engineering, Granville for fifty 2-8-2 locomotives. These were ordered as part of Australia's contribution to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration rehabilitation of China. With the first locomotives under construction, China fell to the Communists and Australia's obligations ceased.^[1]^[2]

The government was able to renegotiate the contract, with only twenty built. Ten were taken by the Commonwealth Railways, even though it already had diesel locomotives on order, with the other ten going to the South Australian Railways as the 740 class. Some were immediately placed on the scrap line at Port Augusta and never entered service. All were officially withdrawn by May 1959. They were scrapped in the mid 1960s with the boilers sold overseas.^[1]^[2]

Some of the tenders were converted into water carriers for use on the Commonwealth Railways weed killer train, still being in use in the early 1980s.^[1]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 198. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
^ ^a ^b L class Chris's Commonwealth Railways Pages

Bibliography

Fluck, Ronald E; Marshall, Barry; Wilson, John (1996). Locomotives and Railcars of the Commonwealth Railways. Welland, SA: Gresley Publishing. ISBN 1876216018.