Queensland C16 Baldwin class locomotive

Queensland Railways C16 class
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works
Serial number 6112, 6121, 7117
Build date 1882
Total produced 3
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte 2-8-0
Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel type Coal
Cylinders 2 outside
Cylinder size 16 in × 20 in (406 mm × 508 mm)
Career
Operators Queensland Railways
Numbers 103, 143, 144
Disposition all scrapped

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

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 n 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 All were withdrawn in the 1920s.[1]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 service Notes
6112 15 143 December 1882 Written off July 1924
6121 16 144 December 1882 Written off March 1925
7117 46 103 103 December 1887 Written 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.
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