Queensland 4D9 class locomotive

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Queensland Railways 4D9 class
Strahan Marine Board, 4D9 Class (ex-QGR) used for the Macquarie Harbour breakwater construction, Tasmania.png
4D9 class used for Macquarie Harbour breakwater construction, Tasmania.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Dübs & Co
Serial number1414, 1415
Build date1881
Total produced2
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 2-4-2T
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders 2 outside
Cylinder size 9 in × 15 in (229 mm × 381 mm)
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Numbers1, 131
Preserved131
Disposition1 preserved, 1 scrapped

The Queensland Railways 4D9 class locomotive was a class of 2-4-2T steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

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History

In February 1881, two Dübs & Co two 2-4-2T locomotives entered service on the Bundaberg Railway. Per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the 4D9 class, the 4 representing the number of driving wheels, the D that it was a tank locomotive, and the 9 the cylinder diameter in inches. [1]

Class list

Works
number
Bundaberg Railway
number
Southern & Western
Railway number
Queensland Railways
number
In serviceNotes
1414111February 1881Sold July 1895 to Bingarra Sugar Mill
14152131February 1881Sold August 1894 to CSR, Childers, resold to Public Works Department, Tasmania for Macquarie Harbour breakwater construction, sold May 1941 to sawmiller R Howard, Zeehan, currently statically displayed by Don River Railway [2]

References

  1. Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 36, 97. ISBN   0-909937-13-3.
  2. 4D9 131 Australian Steam