New South Wales Government Railways 0-6-0ST No. 20N
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 		Location: Newcastle Museum
Status: Display
Posted: Dec 1, 2025 @ 15:12:11 by Eddie Wearing
Still there in 2023
Posted: Mar 12, 2015 @ 15:03:02 by Robin R Beck
This locomotive's new home is Newcastle Museum which celebrates two of the regions big industries, steel making & coal mining. 20N spent 70 years of it's life working coal trains in the Hunter Valley. The museum building is the old Honeysuckle railway workshops of the Great Northern Railway.
Posted: Dec 30, 2005 @ 08:12:15 by Bruce Saunders
This locomotive has recently (2005) been put undercover and a cosmetic restoration of rust convertor and matt black applied. Some original dark green paint from 1880s has been found under where the builders plate was located. The boiler presure was rated at 120 psi and tractive effort of 12288lbs firegrate of 13.7 sq ft and 35 tons weight in working order. 2 inside cylinders,48 inches dia driving wheels.
Posted: Jun 10, 2005 @ 17:06:27 by Kevin Jones
Originally a construction contractor's locomotive, before being sold to the NSW Railways in 1872 and used on the Northern (Newcastle) division for coal trains. This very historic locomotive is typical of short-haul freight locomotives used for coal haulage duties in the period. Condemned in 1890 20N was sold to J & A Brown in 1891 for use on their private colliery railways and renumbered No 4, where it remained in operation until 1967. Purchased for preservation by the NSWRTM in 1973 but as yet unrestored. An interesting feature of this locomotive is the use of wooden brake blocks.