Queensland A10 Avonside class locomotive

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Queensland Railways A10 Avonside class
Railway workers posing with the Lady Bowen locomotive, ca. 1865.jpg
Lady Bowen circa 1865
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderAvonside Engine Company
Serial number552-555
Build date1864
Total produced4
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-4-0
Gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders2 outside
Cylinder size10 in × 18 in (254 mm × 457 mm)
Career
OperatorsQueensland Railways
Numbers1-4
Dispositionall scrapped

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

History[]

In 1864, the Avonside Engine Company, Bristol built four locomotives for the Queensland Railway. After being built they were dismantled and reassembled at North Ipswich Railway Workshops. Originally classified the A class, per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the A10 Avonside class in 1890, A representing they had two driving axles, and 10 the cylinder diameter in inches.[1]

One, 3 Lady Bowen, operated the first Queensland Railways service in 1865 between Grandchester and Ipswich. Initially operating on the Southern & Western Railway out of Ipswich, one was transferred to the Central Railway out of Rockhampton in 1867 and the other three to Maryborough in 1879.[1]

Class list[]

Works number Southern & Western
Railway number 		Maryborough Railway
number 		Central Railway
number 		Queensland Railways
number 		Name In service Notes
552 1 1 Premier January 1865 Transferred to Maryborough May 1880, condemned 1888
555 2 2 108 Faugh-a-Ballagh January 1865 Transferred to Maryborough January 1880, renumbered 108 1890, sold to contractor Overend & Paterson
554 3 3 Lady Bowen February 1865 Transferred to Maryborough 1879, condemned 1888
553 4 1 133 Pioneer February 1865 Transferred to Rockhampton 1867, renumbered 133 1890, withdrawn 1896

References[]

  1. ^ a b Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 12, 13, 95. ISBN 0-909937-13-3.
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