page_title: New South Wales D58 class locomotive
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: New South Wales D58 class locomotive / Operations
caption_attribution_description: English: Locomotive 5801 brings a South Coast goods train into Sutherland station
context_page_description: The D58 class was a class of steam locomotives built by the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia. They were built with the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement.
context_section_description: Whilst the derived rack and pinion valve gear appeared superior in theory, in practice it required more maintenance and lubrication. The smaller diameter cylinders of the 58 class (21.1/2") compared to the earlier 57 class (23.1/4") demanded a later cut-off and thus used more steam. This could cause the locomotives to be uneconomical in the use of coal and water when compared with the 57 class, but the 58's longer valve travel ameliorated this objection if driven as designed to be so. Despite the design being made to enable use on the Main Northern line from Sydney to Broadmeadow, few journeys were ever made on this route. They mainly were used on the Main Western line to Lithgow and in a limited capacity on the Main South line to Junee.
  After a very short service life, the entire class had been withdrawn by July 1957 and were all cut up by March 1964. Some parts were recovered and used on 57 class locomotives. There are no surviving examples, however the tender of 5808 lies near Canberra station as an old fuel tank for a Canberra-based diesel shunter (now disused). Some 58 class tenders saw further use as water tankers around New South Wales. One is at the Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum.
caption: 5801 hauls a South Coast freight train into Sutherland station
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