Queensland C16 Baldwin class locomotive

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Queensland Railways C16 class
C 16 class consolidation engine with driver and fireman, 1888 (4762679982).jpg
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number6112, 6121, 7117
Build date1882
Total produced3
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 2-8-0
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders 2 outside
Cylinder size 16 in × 20 in (406 mm × 508 mm)
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Numbers103, 143, 144
Dispositionall scrapped

The Queensland Railways C16 Baldwin class locomotive was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

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History

In 1882, the Baldwin Locomotive Works delivered two 2-8-0 to the Queensland Railways’ Central Railway at Bowen. Per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the C16 class, C representing they had four driving axles, and the 16 the cylinder diameter in inches. [1]

A third purchased by contractor O’Rourke & McSharry, was purchased for the Central Railway in December 1887. The latter was sent to North Ipswich Railway Workshops in July 1888 for overhaul, but did not return entering service with the Southern & Western Railway. All were reboilered in 1900. They were transferred to the Maryborough / Bundaberg area hauling limestone trains to the Mount Morgan gold mine. All were withdrawn in the 1920s. [1]

Class list

Works
number
Central Railway
number
Southern & Western
Railway number
Queensland Railways
number
In serviceNotes
611215143December 1882Written off July 1924
612116144December 1882Written off March 1925
711746103103December 1887Written off October 1922

References

  1. 1 2 Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 40, 98. ISBN   0-909937-13-3.