Queensland 6D13 class locomotive

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Queensland Railways 6D13 class
Lionel is one of two D13 engines built in Scotland in 1882 for the Queensland Coal Company on the Burrum field, 1882 (4732087480).jpg
Lionel built in 1882 for the Queensland Land and Coal Company of Burrum. Later to be numbered No. 70
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Neilson and Company
Serial number2826, 2827
Build date1882
Total produced2
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-6-2T
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders 2 outside
Cylinder size 13 in × 18 in (330 mm × 457 mm)
Valve gear Walschaerts
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Numbers70, 71
DispositionBoth scrapped

The Queensland Railways 6D13 class locomotive was a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

Contents

History

In 1881, the Queensland Land & Coal Company purchased two locomotives for a proposed colliery on the Burrum coalfields near Maryborough that would join with the Queensland Railway’s network at Torbanlea. After the proposal fell through, they were sold to the Queensland Railways, entering service on the Southern & Western Railway. They were used as shunters. [1]

Per Queensland Railway's classification system, they were designated the 6D13 class, the 6 representing the number of driving wheels, the D that it was a tank locomotive, and the 13 the cylinder diameter in inches. [1]

Lionel (No.70) was purchased by Queensland Rail in 1884, and was used for shunting. It gained notoriety when its boiler exploded at Roma Street Station on 29 August 1898. It was repaired and later written off in 1926. [2]

Class list

Works
number
Southern & Western
Railways number
Queensland Railways
number
NameIn serviceNotes
28267070LionelFebruary 1884Written off April 1926
28277171LionMarch 1884Written off June 1926

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References

  1. 1 2 Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 51, 100. ISBN   0-909937-13-3.
  2. "Collections | State Library of Queensland". collections.slq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 28 March 2023.