Thread by @ozbob13

#QRsteamlocomotives
C class 4 driving axles. Mixture of 4-8-0 and 2-8-0, one 2-8-2.
Early -
1. C13 Baldwin class locomotive 2-8-0 1879
43 & 118 both scrapped
2. C13 Dubbs six 2-8-0
112-117 all scrapped
C13 Class Dubs, 1883 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/84… - #slqdigital @slqld

3. C15 2-8-0 Baldwin 2 built 1879
Numbers42, 104 all scrapped
4. C16 2-8-0 Baldwin 3 built 1882
Numbers103, 143, 144 all scrapped
' C 16 class 'consolidation' engine with driver and fireman, ca. 1890 #103 '
onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/f/fh…

QR then developed a 4-8-0 C16.
Evans, Anderson, Phelan & Co (41)
North Ipswich Railway Workshops (51)
Toowoomba Foundry (15)
Walkers Limited (45)
Built 1903-1918 Total 152.

The Brisbane Courier Sat 27 Jul 1907 Page 13
First C16
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
text follows

Numbers4, 6-14, 19-22, 31, 34-39, 41, 43, 44, 51, 63-65, 67, 69, 72.74, 96-99, 105-111, 118, 131-133, 139-142, 167-172, 176, 178, 395, 414-433, 510-537, 614-675
Preserved 106, 151 scrapped

'Heavy Locomotives'
The Brisbane Courier Sat 27 Jul 1907 Page 12

Steam locomotive class C16, 1907 - #417 hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/14… - #slqdigital @slqld

Railway workers standing beside a steam locomotive at Roma Street, Brisbane, 1919-1920 hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/14… - #slqdigital @slqld
C16 class No. 426, built at Ipswich workshops in 1908.

C16 class locomotive no. 106 at Redbank, 1969 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/84… - #slqdigital @slqld

Alpha Creek railway bridge collapse, 1941 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/59… - #slqdigital @slqld
C16 class #147. Loco was recovered, repaired and returned to service.
More at SLQ 'Railway bridge collapse at Alpha (1941)'
> slq.qld.gov.au/blog/railway-b…
R.I.P.

C16 (516) class steam locomotive waits to haul a special passenger train to Birru on the Marburg Branch - circa mid 1960s, Ipswich.
Leonard J Matthews
flickr.com/photos/6795316…

QGR, C16 No.108, North Bundaberg, Qld, [1950s]
University of Newcastle
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/313…

"Berghofer donates $300k to historic train restoration"
qt.com.au/news/berghofer…
C16 106 is being restored by DownsSteam
2001 photo of C16 locomotive No 106 outside Toowoomba Railway Station.

Main workshop of the Downs Steam Tourist Railway and Museum in Drayton, Toowoomba 2019.
On the right, they are working on ex. Queensland Railways C16 class steam loco no. 106, a Toowoomba built loco.
flickr.com/photos/2801383…

Eleven C16s were loaned to Central Australian Railways in WW2. Left wharves at Wooloongabba 1942, returned in 1944. Known as Nmb class on Commonwealth Railways.
comrails.com/cr_locos/r_nmb…
Photograph: Locomotives in the Tropics. 1985
John Armstrong. p. 87

Further C classes C17, C18 & C19. These will be reviewed in a new thread.
Meanwhile .. until C16 106 steams again, sit back and enjoy this superb live steam model ...

'Queensland Railways C16 Class Steam Loco Model in Action

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