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AC16 2-8-2
WW2 loco to boost QR capacity for freight.
USATC S118 Class Baldwin
A stands for American.
Built 1943 number imported 20
216A-235A

QR 217A AC16 2-8-2 livestock special to Cannon Hill Yerrongpilly Oct 1944 JL Buckland
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155045…
AC16 221A at Buranda with an empty coal train - 1960
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Mackay Locomotive Depot AC16 218A
Weston Langford 4 November 1966
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
Dalby Locomotive Depot AC16 223A
Weston Langford 21 November 1966
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AC16 224A and C17 839 at Chinchilla loco depot 1965.
Photograph Eric Marggraf
queenslandrail.com.au/History/Docume…
Two AC16 preserved:
218A Zig Zag Railway, Lithgow, restored to operating condition in 2008.
221A Workshops Rail Museum, restored to working order in 2003.

218A runs around its train at the Zig Zag Railway's Top Points station on 28 August 2010.
australiansteam.com/AC16 218A.htm
221A, 2-8-2 on short run to SwanBank Station, Ipswich
Lance Castle
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No. 221A is part of the QR Heritage Fleet. It was fitted with a new boiler and restored to working order in 2003.
AC16 221A and PB15 448 - QPSR Troop Train - 14/08/2016
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4D9 2-4-2T
Dübs & Co
2 built 1881 #1 and 131
Feb 1881 Bundaberg Railway.
#1 sold to Bingera Sugar Mill 1895
#131 sold to CSR Childers 1894 then resold to Tasmania for construction works.

Strahan Marine Board, 4D9 Class (ex-QGR)
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#1 was scrapped, #131 is on display at the Don River Railway in Tasmania.

4D9 131 Displayed at the Don River Railway
australiansteam.com/4D9%20131.htm Image
Bingera Mill; at Bingera, Dubs 1414-1880; bought Bingera 1895, c1895 3ft 6ins gauge, John Browning Collection
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4D9 #1 Image
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#QRsteamlocomotives
4D9 2-4-2T
Dübs & Co
2 built 1881 #1 and 131
Feb 1881 Bundaberg Railway.
#1 sold to Bingarra Sugar Mill 1895
#131 sold to CSR Childers 1894 then resold to Tasmania for construction works.

Strahan Marine Board, 4D9 Class (ex-QGR)
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/303… Image
#1 was scrapped, #131 is on display at the Don River Railway in Tasmania.

4D9 131 Displayed at the Don River Railway
australiansteam.com/4D9 131.htm Image
Bingera Mill; at Bingera, Dubs 1414-1880; bought Bingera 1895, c1895 3ft 6ins gauge, John Browning Collection
(caption 1st photograph incorrectly refers to Bingarra).
zelmeroz.com/album_rail/qld…
#1 Image
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#QRsteamlocomotives
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
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155045… Image
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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