Queensland A12 class locomotive

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Queensland Railways A12 class
ITM3579638 LOCO A12 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE No 269 EAP-A 12 Dept No.QSA0180 X1474 no 316.jpg
A12 Class No.269
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works (18)
Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co (25)
Build date1882-1891
Total produced43
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 4-4-0
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders 2 outside
Cylinder size 12 in × 18 in (305 mm × 457 mm)
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Dispositionall scrapped

The Queensland Railways A12 class locomotive was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

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History

Between 1882 and 1895, the Queensland Railways took delivery of 43 4-4-0 locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works (18) and Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co (25). Per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the A12 class, A representing they had two driving axles, and the 12 the cylinder diameter in inches. [1]

Wrecked A12 steam locomotive after its boiler exploded, Brisbane, 1898 ITM3580372 LOCO A12 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE No 62 BALDWIN BOILER EXPLOSION Dept No.QSA0914 E231.jpg
Wrecked A12 steam locomotive after its boiler exploded, Brisbane, 1898

An American built A12 class locomotive No.62 boiler exploded at Roma Street, Brisbane on 2 December 1898. The Court of Enquiry into the explosion was recorded in the 1899 Votes and Proceedings of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. [2]

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References

  1. Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 37–39, 97, 98. ISBN   0-909937-13-3.
  2. "Queensland Parliamentary Debates Legislative Assembly" (PDF). 21 December 1898. Retrieved 22 March 2023.