Queensland C13 Baldwin class locomotive

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Queensland Railways C13 class
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Queensland Railways C-13 Class No.42
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number4598, 4603
Build date1879
Total produced2
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 2-8-0
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders 2 outside
Cylinder size 13 in × 14 in (330 mm × 356 mm)
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Numbers43, 118
Dispositionboth scrapped

The Queensland Railways C13 Baldwin class locomotive was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

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History

In 1879, the Baldwin Locomotive Works delivered two 2-8-0 to the Queensland Railways’ Southern & Western Railway. Per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the C13 class, C representing they had four driving axles, and the 13 the cylinder diameter in inches. [1]

Class list

Works
number
Southern & Western
Railway number
Bundaberg Railway
number
Queensland Railways
number
In serviceNotes
45984343June 1880Written off November 1902
4603421118December 1879Sold 1900 to Gibson & Howes of Bingera Sugar Mill, withdrawn 1946

References

  1. Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 32, 97. ISBN   0-909937-13-3.