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By: David Batho27th Apr 2025 4:53PMThe locomotive is either loading or unloading railway rolling stock from the train ferry 'Swallow' at South grafton. This was how trains 'bridged' the Clarence River until the opening of the road-rail bridge in (I think) 1932. The hull of the smaller ferry remains on the (south?) bank of the Clarence River near the site of the bridge.

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NSWGR Z22 Class "Scotch Yankee" locomotive, no. 2204, unidentified location, 1924 or later.

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Built by Dübs & Co. in 1890 as the 436 Class, these locomotives were based on the design of the Baldwin 304 Class.

Both were classified as L Class from 1890 until 1924, when the Baldwin units were re-classed as Z21 and the Dübs units became Z22. All of the Z22 Class were scrapped betwen 1927 and 1937.

This image was scanned from an original glass plate or negative, kindly provided by the Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division.

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