Queensland A10 Neilson class locomotive

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Queensland Railways A10 Neilson class
StateLibQld 1 39987 A.10 locomotive on display for the Railway Pageant at Ipswich, 1936.jpg
N° 3 on display for the Railway Pageant
at Ipswich in 1936
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Neilson and Company
Serial number1167-1170, 1208-1215, 1244
Specifications
Configuration:
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 •  Whyte 0-4-2
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Driver dia.3 ft 0 in (914 mm)
Loco weight13.6 long tons (15.2 short tons; 13.8  t)
Tender weight9.35 long tons (10.5 short tons; 9.50  t)
Fuel typeCoal
Fuel capacity2.5 long tons (2.80 short tons; 2.54  t)
Water cap560 imp gal (2,500 l; 670 US gal)
Boiler pressure120 lbf/in2 (827 kPa)
Cylinders 2 outside
Cylinder size 10 in × 18 in (254 mm × 457 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 4,800 lbf (21.4 kN)
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Numbers2-14
Preserved3, 6
Disposition2 preserved, 11 scrapped

The Queensland Railways A10 Neilson class locomotive was a class of 0-4-2 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

0-4-2 locomotive wheel arrangement

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-2 represents the wheel arrangement with no leading wheels, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles and two trailing wheels on one axle. While the first locomotives of this wheel arrangement were tender engines, the configuration was later often used for tank engines, which is noted by adding letter suffixes to the configuration, such as 0-4-2T for a conventional side-tank locomotive, 0-4-2ST for a saddle-tank locomotive, 0-4-2WT for a well-tank locomotive and 0-4-2RT for a rack-equipped tank locomotive. The arrangement is sometimes known as Olomana after a Hawaiian 0-4-2 locomotive of 1883.

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Queensland Rail railway operator in Queensland, Australia

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History

Ndeg 6 on its first trip after restoration 1991 QR heritage loco A10 no. 6 on its first trip after restoration ~1990.jpg
N° 6 on its first trip after restoration 1991
Ndeg 6 on its first post-restoration trip, 1991 QR heritage loco A10 no. 6 ~1990.jpg
N° 6 on its first post-restoration trip, 1991
Ndeg6 at the Workshops Rail Museum in 2011 A10 No.6 Workshops Rail Museum.JPG
N°6 at the Workshops Rail Museum in 2011

Overview

The A10 Neilson class comprised 13 locomotives. Eight were built in 1865 and 1866 by Neilson and Company, Glasgow for the Southern & Western Railway operating out of Ipswich and another four for the Central Railway operating out of Rockhampton. One engine was also constructed for Peto, Brassey and Betts, a railway contractor building the line to Toowoomba. This was later purchased by the Queensland Railway in 1876. All engines were fitted with injectors instead of feed pumps when built. All of the Central Railway examples were later transferred to the Southern & Western Railway. [1] [2]

Neilson and Company defunct British locomotive manufacturer

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Ipswich railway station, Queensland

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4D10 tank engine conversions

Four engines were converted to 4D10 class 2-4-4T tank engines between 1887 and 1890. [2]

Queensland 4D10 class locomotive

The Queensland Railways 4D10 class locomotive was a class of 2-4-2T steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

2-4-4T tank locomotive wheel arrangement

In Whyte notation, a 2-4-4, or Boston-type, is a steam locomotive with two unpowered leading wheels followed by four powered driving wheels and four unpowered trailing wheels.

20th century

Five engines survived the turn of the century although four of them were written off in 1902. N°3 continued in use shunting Bowen Jetty until 1914. It was then stored at North Ipswich Railway Workshops and restored to working order for the Railway Pageant in 1936. Afterwards it was preserved near Countess Street in Roma Street railway yard before being moved to Queen's Park at Ipswich in 1959. In the 1980s it moved to the North Ipswich Railway Workshops. [2]

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N°6 was sold to Gibson & Howes in 1896 for use on their Wattawa line. It was reboilered in 1955 and continued to serve the company until 1965 when it was steamed from Bundaberg to Brisbane for the Queensland Railways Centenary Celebrations, operating a reenactment of the first Queensland Railways service from Ipswich to Grandchester. It was retained in operational condition until 1969 when placed on display at the Redbank Locomotive Museum. In 1988, the Australian Railway Historical Society commenced a restoration of the locomotive with it being returned to traffic in May 1991 and today is part the Queensland Rail Heritage Fleet at the Workshops Rail Museum. [1] [3] [4]

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Grandchester railway station

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Class list

Works
number		Southern & Western Railway
number		Central Railway
number		 Queensland Railway
number		Year builtNotes
1167551865
1168441865
1169771865converted to 4D10
1170661865preserved at the Workshops Rail Museum
120891866converted to 4D10
120910101866converted to 4D10
1210111866converted to 4D10
121112121866
12122221866
1213131131866
12143331866preserved at the Workshops Rail Museum
1215144141866
1244881866

Preservation

Ipswich, Queensland Suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Ipswich is an urban region in south-east Queensland, Australia, which is located in the south-west of the Brisbane metropolitan area. Situated on the Bremer River, it is approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of the Brisbane CBD. A local government area, the City of Ipswich has a population of 200,000. The city is renowned for its architectural, natural and cultural heritage. Ipswich preserves and operates from many of its historical buildings, with more than 6000 heritage-listed sites and over 500 parks. Ipswich began in 1827 as a mining settlement.

Workshops Rail Museum Railway museum in North Ipswich Railway Workshops

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References

  1. 1 2 Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 16, 95. ISBN   0 909937 13 3.
  2. 1 2 3 Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1850s-2010. Dural: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 26/27. ISBN   9781921719011.
  3. ↑ Clark, Peter (2012). An Australian Locomotive Guide. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 32. ISBN   9781921719554.
  4. 1 2 Information Sheet: Class A10 No. 6 Workshops Rail Museum
  5. ↑ A10 No 3 Australian Steam
  6. ↑ A10 No 6 Australian Steam

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