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AL97-381
C38 4-6-2 - Streamlined, Verdant Green, Butane Fired
AL97-382
C38 4-6-2 - Streamlined, Black / Red Lining, Butane Fired
AL97-383
C38 4-6-2 - Un-Streamlined, NSWGR Special Green, Butane Fired
AL97-384
C38 4-6-2 - Un-Streamlined, Black / Red Lining, Butane Fired
AL97-385
C38 4-6-2 - Un-Streamlined, NSWGR Special Green (all green), Butane Fired
AL97-386
C38 4-6-2 - Un-Streamlined, Olive Green 1961 Livery, Butane Fired
AL97-381A
C38 4-6-2 - Streamlined, Verdant Green, Alcohol Fired
AL97-382A
C38 4-6-2 - Streamlined, Black / Red Lining, Alcohol Fired
AL97-383A
C38 4-6-2 - Un-Streamlined, NSWGR Special Green, Alcohol Fired
AL97-384A
C38 4-6-2 - Un-Streamlined, Black / Red Lining, Alcohol Fired
AL97-385A
C38 4-6-2 - Un-Streamlined, NSWGR Special Green (all green), Alcohol Fired
AL97-386A
C38 4-6-2 - Un-Streamlined, Olive Green 1961 Livery, Alcohol Fired
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The 38 class design based on a need to eliminate the complications of double heading required on a number of fast interstate passenger trains. The conditions of track work with frequent sharp curvature to be traversed at high speed would require six-coupled driving wheels in a ‘Pacific’ 4-6-2 configuration.
Maintenance considerations suggested a two-cylinder simple steam locomotive. In May 1939 an order for five 38 class locomotives was placed with Clyde Engineering with a distinctive streamlined boiler casing. The remaining 25 locomotives were built without streamlining at the NSWGR’s Eveleigh and Cardiff Workshops. From 1961 the locomotives were progressively withdrawn from service. Four have survived into preservation being 3801, 3813, 3820 and 3830.
