| New South Wales Z14 Class | |
| Powertype: | Steam |
| Builder: | Beyer, Peacock & Company |
| Builddate: | 1865 |
| Totalproduction: | 13 |
| Rebuilder: | Eveleigh Railway Workshops |
| Rebuilddate: | 1903-1905 |
| Whytetype: | Built as 2-4-0, rebuilt as 4-4-0 |
| Fueltype: | Coal |
| Cylindercount: | 2 |
| Cylindersize: | NaNinches |
| Valvegear: | Stephenson |
| Tractiveeffort: | 12400lbs (1st batch) 13100lbs (2nd batch) |
| Operator: | New South Wales Government Railways |
| Numinclass: | 13 |
| Fleetnumbers: | As built: 14N-16N, 23-28, 32-35 From 1924:1401-1413 |
| Deliverydate: | 1865-1870 |
| Firstrundate: | 1865 |
| Lastrundate: | 1948 |
| Disposition: | All scrapped |
The New South Wales Z14 class was a class of steam locomotives operated by the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia.
In 1865, Beyer, Peacock & Company delivered the first of nine G class 2-4-0 steam locomotives to the New South Wales Government Railways for passenger service. Three, numbered 14N-16N, entered service on the isolated northern section north of Singleton on the Main Northern line. The other six, 23-28, operated on the Main Southern line between Picton and Goulburn, and the Main Western line between Penrith and Mount Victoria.[1] [2]
The 5'9" driving wheels proved too large for the steep gradients to which they were assigned, and a follow-up order for four, numbered 32-35, were built with 5'6" driving wheels. They were reclassified in 1889 as the G class before being withdrawn in the 1890s.
After being stored for ten years, all members of the G23 class were rebuilt as 4-4-0s at Eveleigh Railway Workshops with Belpaire boilers and four wheel Bissell leading bogies. They were renamed the Cg class in view of the similarity of the rebuilt locomotives to the C class 4-4-0s of 1879.[3] [4] As part of the 1924 reclassification scheme, all 13 were reclassified as the Z14 class and renumbered 1401 to 1413.[2]
The last in service was 1412 which was retired in 1948. The last recorded as condemned was 1405 in 1950.[2] [4] Scrapping of the class commenced in 1937 and was concluded in 1952.[5]