New South Wales Z23 class locomotive
Class of Australian 4-6-0 locomotives
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The Z23 class (formerly O.446 class) was a class of steam locomotives built in 1891 for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.[2][3][4]
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Royal Commission
Although this may have been the result of a contemporary anti-American bias, these locomotives were said to be too heavy and too wide at the cylinders, and were the subject of a Royal Commission.[5]
Withdrawal
2305 was the first withdrawn in May 1933. By 1941, only six were left, with the last, 2304, being withdrawn in September 1946.[1] None has survived onto preservation.
