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BB18¼ 4-6-2
Vulcan England in 1950/51 (35)
Walkers Limited, Maryborough 1955 and 1958 (20)
Numbers1011-1045, 1070-1089
No. 1089 was the last steam engine placed into service on a mainline Australian railway.
Class BB 18 1/4 1025
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The BB18¼ were an improved B18¼ and represent the peak of QR 3' 6" gauge steam. Several still operate on tours and specials. April 2010. QR ran steam hauled services for 4 days for crew training. Pax could travel.
Bremer River Rail Bridge North Ipswich.
1089.
BB18¼ 1089 on the turntable at Ipswich.
April 2010.
The elevated timber signal cabin and adjacent to the turntable at Ipswich.
April 2010. In 2015 the signal cabin was moved to Ipswich railway workshops.
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1089 coming off the turntable.
Toowong Down Suburban BB18-1/4 1037
22 November 1966
Weston Langford
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Train is on the main down line. Evans cars.
Milton Down Suburban to Petrie BB18-1/4 1087
22 November 1966
Weston Langford
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6 BB18-1/4 have been preserved:
1037 Mackay Heritage Railway
1072 Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow, NSW
1077 Waltzing Matilda Centre, Winton as no 1015.
1079 QR at the Workshops
1086 Mackay Heritage Railway
1089 QR at the Workshops
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1072 at Zig Zag Railway
The BB18-1/4 locomotives are very well known throughout Queensland.
Long may they steam!
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BB18 ¼ 1079 and 1089 - QR 150th Steam Train - Townsville to Mackay - 21/02/2015
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8D11 (0-4-4-0) Fairlie Patent Double Bogie tank locomotive
1 only imported 1876. Named ' Governor Cairns '.
In 1882 renumbered as #41.
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As fitted with the ' Governor Cairns ' nameplates.
Locomotive was trialled on the main range. Not really suitable but was based at Ipswich and ran goods trains between Ipswich and South Brisbane until sold in 1902. Image
1867, James Cross and Company of St Helens, England, delivered three 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 0-6-6-0 double boilered locomotives as knocked down kits to the North Ipswich Workshops.
One was assembled, trialled and it spread the rails. They were rejected.
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C19 4-8-0
Largest cylinders of all the QR locos, designed as a superheated version of the C18 class.
North Ipswich Railway Workshops (20)
Walkers Limited (6)
Built 922-1935
Total 26

CLASS "C19"
SLV
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Group of men from the Railway Workshops, in front of a C19 Class Locomotive, No 702, North Ipswich, 1923
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Flag ' 100th ' this was the one hundred loco built at Ipswich. Named ' Centenary ' Image
Train collision at Brunswick Street station in Brisbane, 1927 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/22… - #slqdigital @slqld
Oops! Locomotive number 702, class C19, after colliding with a train at Brunswick Street Station on 20 October 1927. 702 was repaired. Image
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C18 4-8-0 and the C19 4-8-0
C18s.
Built Ipswich Workshops 1914
Only 3 #692-694, all scrapped. Built to test superheaters. Converted to CC19 class 1930 19" cylinders.
QGR C18 692 at Roma Street, 1914 hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/14… - #slqdigital @slqld Image
The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld) Fri 20 Feb 1914 Page 7
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In March 1915, 693 was named Sir William MacGregor and 694 Lady MacGregor after the Governor of Queensland and his wife.
Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld) Mon 22 Mar 1915 Page 6
Full article:
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