| Weight | 43t |
| Driving Wheels | 3ft 3ins |
| Boiler Pressure | 140psi |
| Cylinders | Outside – 14½in x 20in |
| Tractive Effort | 12,507lbf |
Between 1885 and 1892 Beyer Peacock in Gorton, Manchester supplied 19 locomotives that formed the first batch of the C class locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR).
A further eight were purchased from Beyer Peacock in the early years of the 20th century. One locomotive was purchased by the Tasmanian Government Railways second hand from the Emu Bay Railway in 1937 bringing the total of the class C locomotives operated to 28.
The locomotives became almost a standard design for operating on the 3ft 6in gauge railways in Australia as they were employed on the Silverton Tramway (Y class), South Australian Railways (Y class) and Western Australian Government Railways (G class), and also in Queensland and on the North Australia Railway
In 1912, six (16-19, 26 & 27) were rebuilt with new cylinders, Belpaire boilers and larger smokeboxes and reclassified as the CC class. In 1924, a further four (21, 23-25) were rebuilt also receiving Walschaerts valve gear and reclassified as the CCS class.
In 1948, a further seven locomotives of the same design were purchased from the Commonwealth Railways. These had originally been built as South Australian Railways Y class locomotives and sold to the Commonwealth Railways to operate North Australia Railway services in the Second World War. Four entered service as the F class, with the other three used for parts.
This locomotive CCS23 was built by Beyer Peacock at Gorton in 1902.
It was one of the locomotives rebuilt in 1924 as a CCS class engine as it was fitted with a Belpaire boiler, a larger smokebox and Walchaert valve gear.
The locomotive played a significant role in the 1971 Tasmanian Railway Centenary celebrations and was the last TGR steam locomotive in service when withdrawn from service in 1975.
It is now preserved as an operating exhibit at the Don River Railway at Don in north Tasmania.
Three other locomotives built by Beyer Peacock as class C locomotives are preserved
- C1 – Beyer Peacock works number 2509
- C22 – Beyer Peacock works number 4414
- CCS25 – Beyer Peacock works number 4417
Preserved British Steam Locomotives 