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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
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
Group of men from the Railway Workshops, in front of a C19 Class Locomotive, No 702, North Ipswich, 1923
ipswich.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus…
Flag ' 100th ' this was the one hundred loco built at Ipswich. Named ' Centenary '
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.
'C 19 locomotives'
The Week (Brisbane, Qld) Fri 14 Apr 1922 Page 3
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
'New "C19" Engine'
Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld) Fri 2 Nov 1923 Page 4
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…
C19 numbers 695-704, 792-801, 196-201
700 is preserved, 25 scrapped.

Sydney Mail with C19 class engine 698 at Toowoomba
trains-worldexpresses.com/100/130x1_01m.…
c. 1920s
A proud day for QGR! If the Sydney Mail ran 20 minutes late it was reported in the daily press, such was its significance.
Queensland Railways C-19 class locomotive, No. 699, unidentified location, [n.d.]
University of Newcastle
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/887…
probably c. 1920s loco looks new.
QGR, C19 Class No.797, Brisbane Area, [1950s]
University of Newcastle
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/315…
1961. Class C19 type 4-8-0 #702 at Harristown yard near Toowoomba, facing north. This locomotive was named "Centenary" in 1923, because it was the 100th locomotive built by the Queensland Railways workshops at Ipswich
qldrail.net
The last C19 in service was Nº 700 at Toowoomba and was written off the books in February 1964.

Toowoomba Locomotive Depot C19 700 Stored
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Weston Langford 20 November 1966
Redbank ARHS-QR Museum - C19 700 in 1976
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Weston Langford
C19 No. 700 was plinthed within the former Redbank Railway Museum from 1970 to 1992. No. 700 is now located in a storage shed at the rear of the Ipswich Railway Workshops Museum. 2004
australiansteam.com/qld/700.jpg
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Suburban tank locos.
D16 (6D16) D17 (6D17) DD17 (6D17)
Suburban railways around Brisbane were not electric until late 1970s hence the range of locos.

Interior view of a Queensland railway carriage, ca. 1920 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/62… - #slqdigital @slqld Image
D16 (6D16) 4-6-2T (later 4-6-4T)
20 built Walkers 1901/02 #363-382
1904/05 all were rebuilt as 4-6-4T due to tendency to derail as a 4-6-2T.

D16 #377 4-6-4T up passenger dep. South Brisbane, 12 September 1944
J L Buckland
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Two D16s (1935, 375 and 1939, 376) were modified to run with B15 tenders. Classified as B16D, used for freight.

In the 1920s more tank locos were flagged, the D17s.

'New Tank Engines'
The Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld.) Fri 24 Aug 1923
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4D11½ Abt rack class 0-4-2T
Dübs & Co
Built 1898 #339, 340
Both scrapped
Built to assist up and down the steeply graded rack railway section of the Central Western line at Mount Morgan.
#339 c. 1900
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6D13½ Abt rack class 0-6-0T
Dübs & Co (2)
North British Locomotive Company (4)
Built 1900-15
6 #383, 384, 402, 403, 202, 203
all scrapped
Abt Rack engine pushing the train up the Razorback Range, Mount Morgan, Queensland c. 1900
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Abt rack railway up the Razorback Range, near Mount Morgan c.1900
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Beyer Garratt 4-8-2+2-8-4
Beyer Peacock & Co. Ltd (10)
Société Franco-Belge (20)
Built 1950-1951
Total 30 #1001-1010, 1090-1109

Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld) Fri 1 Aug 1947 Page 1
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Despite the problems with the ASGs, the railways thought that Garratts that stayed on the rails would be useful. Beyer Garratts had a proven record.

Beyer-Garratt locomotive QGR no. 1009 at the Mayne Junction railway yard, 1950 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/77… - #slqdigital @slqld Image
The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld)
17 Aug 1950 Page 22
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