Queensland A10 Avonside class locomotive

For other uses, see A10 class.
Railway workers posing with the Lady Bowen locomotive, ca. 1865
Queensland A10 Avonside class 2-4-0 locomotive
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Slaughter/Grüning/Avonside Engine Company
Build date 1864
Specifications
Configuration 2-4-0
Gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Cylinders Two, outside
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Class A10
Delivered 1865
First run 31/7/1865

The A10 Avonside class steam locomotive was a 2-4-0 locomotive of the Queensland Railways (QR).

The locomotives operated on 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge. The “A”, is used to identify the number of coupled wheels, being four coupled wheels for the A10 class, followed by numerals indicating the cylinder diameter of ten inches.

Builder

The A10 Avonside locomotives were ordered from Slaughter/Grüning, Bristol,[1] UK in 1864, in which time the company became known as Avonside Engine Company.

History

An A10 Avonside known as Lady Bowen held the honour of running the first train on Queensland's Railways in 1865 between Bigge's Camp (now Grandchester) and Ipswich.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Railway workers posing with the Lady Bowen locomotive, ca. 1865, State Library of Queensland Pictures Queensland, 1865


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