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C36 Class 4-6-0 Ten Wheelers

The 36 class grew out of the successful 35 class, and if anything, was more successful. A total of 75 units were built from 1925-1928, the first 10 at Eveleigh Railway Workshops, and the rest at Clyde Engineering Co. Initially used on express passenger trains but more latterly on goods, they saw service almost to the end of steam. The last unit was withdrawn in 1969 after it and 5 others were upgraded late in their lives, owing to a severe locomotive shortage in the late 60's.

Unfortunately, most of the 36 class had disappeared by the time I came to NSW, so these pages only include photos of 3642, one of the three preserved examples (the others are 3609 and 3616). All of these are at the NSW Rail Transport Museum.

3642

Here are some technical details of the loco:

      road number		3642
      wheel arrangement	        4-6-0
      revenue service		>2.5Mkm
      in service		Jan 1926 (Clyde Engineering, Newcastle, NSW)
      rebuilt			Dec 1955
      cylinders		        23" x 26"
      boiler pressure		200 psi
      tractive effort		33880 lb
      driving wheels		69"
      weight	Engine		86t 6cwt
                Tender		73t 14cwt
    

Image : dir=nsw/36class/../30class/ page=double 89816 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 26 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12157 Description : Some engine bums. 3642 shunts while 3102 looks on.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 112957 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 10 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12182 Description : This photo was taken in April 1982 when 3642 hauled a special train from Canberra to Goulburn and back. The train is seen crossing the Butmaroo Creek trestle, just out of Bungendore, NSW.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 136355 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 02 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12176 Description : 3642 makes an impressive backdrop of smoke as she crosses the Burbong bridge, between Queanbeyan and Bungendore.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 144369 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 11 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12190 Description : After a photostop, a chance to catch a glint shot of 3642 as she waits for the photographers to reboard the train. The location is between Tarago and Joppa Junction.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 45740 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 8 Apr 1997 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Description : The hills of Narrabundah form the backdrop to 3642 as she steams away from Canberra Railway Station.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 45740 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 8 Apr 1997 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Description : Crossing the Butmaroo range.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 62657 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 16 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12150 Description : Early morning light-up for 3642, as evidenced by the brightness of the injector light. The loco was on loan from the Rail Transport Museum, and is about to run a special to Goulburn and back.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 87219 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 16 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12152 Description : Another view of 3642 during lighting up.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 108744 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 16 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12153 Description : 3642 is pushing out a fine plume of steam and smoke as she barrels out through the industrial area of Canberra towards Queanbeyan.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 110588 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 16 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12154 Description : 3642 makes a very clean picture in the crisp bright morning atmosphere, with her classic lines. I won't get into trouble if I refrain from comparing those classic lines with those of any other country's steam locomotives. But I have had Poms telling me that she looks American, and Yanks telling me that she looks British. Ozzies tend to think she just looks Australian.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 106852 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 26 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12154a Description : Cool! 2x36class on the one train!

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 108618 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 26 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12155 Description : 3642 continues on through the industrial area of Canberra, looking somewhat garrish in the bright sunlight.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 96628 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 27 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12158 Description : More shunting by 3642. Some brightly coloured children on the footplate add to the occasion.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 96418 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 27 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12160 Description : The front end of 3642 in profile. The tapered boiler is obvious in this photo.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 114021 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 27 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12161 Description : 3642 sets back onto her trains at Canberra Railway Station.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 120770 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 27 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12162 Description : 3642 leaving Canberra Railway Station with an enthusiasts' special for Goulburn.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 115451 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 27 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12163 Description : 3642 leaving Canberra Railway Station with an enthusiasts' special for Goulburn.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 113028 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 27 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12164 Description : 3642 leaving Canberra Railway Station with an enthusiasts' special for Goulburn.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 103390 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 27 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12166 Description : DSO profile of 3642 at Queanbeyan Station.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 103393 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 01 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12167 Description : A full engine DSO of 3642 at Queanbeyan.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 150499 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 01 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12168 Description : 3642 in full cry crossing the Molonglo River at Queanbeyan.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 131608 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 01 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12169 Description : 3642 in full cry crossing the Molonglo River at Queanbeyan.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 86814 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 01 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12170 Description : 3642 shuts off while crossing the Molonglo River at Queanbeyan.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 63779 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 01 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12171 Description : 3642 near the Burbong Bridge on the Goulburn-Queanbeyan line.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 108783 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 02 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12172 Description : 3642 near the Burbong Bridge.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 114622 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 02 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12174 Description : 3642 near the Burbong Bridge.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 111750 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 02 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12175 Description : 3642 crossing the Burbong Bridge.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 105717 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 10 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12177 Description : 3642 crossing the Burbong Bridge.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 141456 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 10 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12179 Description : 3642 climbing the Lake George Range near the NSW-ACT border.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 135397 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 10 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12180 Description : 3642 climbing the Lake George Range near the NSW-ACT border.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 88385 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 10 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12186 Description : 3642 approaches Bungendore, near the site of the old Bungendore Junction for the disused Captain's Flat branch.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 76645 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 11 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12187 Description : 3642 approaches Bungendore, near the site of the old Bungendore Junction for the disused Captain's Flat branch.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 78951 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 11 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12191 Description : 2642-rounds a curve to the south of Tarago, near Lake Bathurst. Compare this view with 3102-6 . In this case the photographer is standing on the near side of the track.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 118473 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 11 Jul 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12194 Description : This scene has an almost Hans Heysen quality to it, with late afternoon lighting effects on the eucalypts. Same location as 3642-31 above.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 69656 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1984, catalogued 15 Aug 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12829 Description : 3642 stands simmering at the Sydney Central platforms.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 82631 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1984, catalogued 15 Aug 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12833 Description : A close up of the power reverser on 3642.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 86484 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1984, catalogued 15 Aug 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12834 Description : A close up of the mechanical lubricator on 3642.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 58255 bytes, 600x391 pixels Date : 26 Jun 1994 (recorded in catalog 19 Apr 1999), catalogued Photographer : I can't remember who, and I've lost the email! Medium : submitted by email Description : Whoever sent me this pic, please drop me a note and I'll give this photo proper attribution.

Image : dir=nsw/36class/ page=index 103432 bytes, pixels Date : Apr 1982, catalogued 26 Jun 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 12156 Description : 3642 shunts while 3102 just sits.

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