NSW Wallaby

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Wallaby
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Wallaby 0-4-0ST Locomotive
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Serial number2988
Build date1913
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-4-0ST
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.3 ft 0 in (914 mm)
Loco weight16.75 long tons
(17.0 tonnes; 18.8 short tons)
Boiler pressure120 lbf/in2 (0.83 MPa)
Career
OperatorsHoskins Lithgow Steel Works
Withdrawn19 November 1962
DispositionStatic display

History

Wallaby was built for the Hoskin Lithgow Steel Works to serve the No. 2 blast furnace plant in 1913. The locomotive was transferred to Port Kembla by Australian Iron and Steel Ltd. (AIS) in 1932. [1]

Contents

In 1933 Wallaby spent a period at South Kembla Colliery before returning to AIS.

Demise and Preservation

Withdrawn from service at Port Kembla on 19 November 1962 "Wallaby" was placed on static display 5 June 1963. The locomotive was donated to the Illawarra Light Railway Museum I December 1979.

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References

  1. "Wallaby". Illawarra Light Railway Museum.

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