Victorian Railways NA Class

The NA Class 2-6-2T steam locomotive is a narrow gauge locomotive that ran on the narrow gauge railway lines in Victoria, Australia. The locomotives name started out as the 'A' Class, this soon was confused with the broad gauge A, AA and the A2 Class locomotives. So a letter 'N' was added to the name, since the loco was often referred to as the "Narrow-gauge A" anyway.
==History==
The first two locomotives were built in 1898 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The next fifteen were built by Victorian Railways at Newport Workshops in Melbourne, Australia. The first locos were used in the construction of the four narrow gauge railways that were built in the early 1900's. The NA class made up most of the fleet for narrow gauge rail in Victoria.
==Today==
11 members of the class have been scrapped and five of the preserved locomotives, 6A, 7A, 8A, 12A, and 14A, are still in operation on the Puffing Billy Railway, while the remains of 3A, including the frame, wheels and boiler are currently statically displayed at the Lakeside Visitor Centre, but may be subject for future restoration.
==Specifications==
The twin-cylinder locomotives have a maximum boiler pressure of 180 psi, and is capable of producing 12,168 lbf of tractive effort, allowing them to haul loads of 90 long tons up grades of 1 in 30. The fuel capacity is 1.5 long tons. The driving wheels are 36 inches (914 mm) in diameter. The locomotives weigh 36.58 long tons respectively.
== Gallery ==
3a.jpg|NA class locomotive "3A" is currently stored, and is the oldest NA class locomotive on the Puffing Billy Railway.
6A.jpg|NA Class locomotive "6A" gets a quick clean/oil by the engineers.
File:6AatLakeside.jpg|6A at Belgrave station in 2002
File:Puffing billy in action 2003.jpg|12A on the famous Monbulk creek trestle bridge near Belgrave.
File:Victorian Railways nA class 2-6-2 7A at Menzies Creek.jpg|7A at Menzies Creek on 12 April 1971 with fireman clearing ash from the smokebox
File:Puffing Billy 7A crosses the Monbulk trestle bridge with the first passenger service in 8 months after the COVID-19 Pandemic.jpg|NA7 crossing the Monbulk trestle bridge
File:Puffing-Billy-Lok 6A (2).jpg
File:Na original.JPG
File:PuffingBilly8A.jpg
File:PuffingBillySteamLocomotive.jpg
File:Puffing Billy steam locomotive 14A is stabled.jpg
==References==
*Puffing Billy Australia.
*Victorianrailways.net.
*Wikipedia.org.
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