Queensland C15 class locomotive

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Queensland Railways C15 class
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Queensland Railways C15 Class Locomotive No.41 circa 1879-1886
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Company
Serial number4602, 4730
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 15 in × 18 in (381 mm × 457 mm)
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Numbers42, 104
Dispositionall scrapped

The Queensland Railways C15 class locomotive was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

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History

In 1879, the Queensland Railway’s Southern & Western Railways took delivery of one Baldwin Locomotive Company 2-8-0 locomotive, being placed in service as no. 41 hauling services up the Main Range. [1]

A similar example as imported jointly by JA Overend and Company and Garget and Company for sections 1 and 2 of the Stanthorpe extension. It was purchased by the Queensland Railways entering service as no. 42. No. 41 was transferred to the Great Northern Railway (Townsville), returning south in 1886 as no. 104. Both were reboilered in 1900. They were similar to the New Zealand Railways T class. [1]

Per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the C15 class, the C representing they had four driving axles, and the 15 the cylinder diameter in inches. [1]

Class list

Works
number
Southern & Western
Railway number
Great Northern
Railway number
Queensland Railways
number
In serviceNotes
4602411104 (from 1886)December 1879Written off 1926
473042421881Written off 1916

References

  1. 1 2 3 Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 31, 97. ISBN   0-909937-13-3.