Queensland 8D11 class locomotive

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Queensland Railways 8D11 class
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Class 8D11 No.41, in service from 1877
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Serial number734 (as built)
850 (after rebuild)
Build date1874
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 0-4-4-0
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Driver dia.3 ft 0 in (914 mm)
Loco weight36 tons
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure110 psi (758 kPa)
Cylinders 4 outside
Cylinder size 11 in × 8 in (279 mm × 203 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 10,648 lb (4,830 kg)
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Numbers41
Scrapped1902
Dispositionscrapped

The Queensland Railways 8D11 class locomotive was a one locomotive class of 0-4-4-0 double boilered steam locomotive operated by the Queensland Railways.

History

In 1874, the Vulcan Foundry delivered a 0-4-4-0 locomotive to the Norwegian Government Railways who refused to accept it, After being rebuilt as works number 850, it was trialled by the Queensland Railways on the Ipswich to Toowoomba line and later purchased. [1] [2]

Numbered 41 it was named Governor Cairns . Per Queensland Railway's classification system it was designated the 8D11 class, 8 representing that it had eight driving wheels, D that it was a tank locomotive and the 11 the cylinder diameter in inches. It was scrapped in 1902. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 24, 25, 95. ISBN   0 909937 13 3.
  2. 1 2 Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010. Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 31, 32. ISBN   9781921719011.
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