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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

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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D17 4-6-4T
Walkers Limited (10)
North Ipswich Railway Workshops (20)
Built 1924-1942
Numbers26, 47, 53, 56, 60, 75-77, 85, 112-114, 122, 137, 260, 262, 266-269, 853-857, 882-886
Preserved 268, 855

D17 #47 1924
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D17 suburban train tank locomotive at Roma Street station. Taken, August 1961.
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D17 #75 at Albion station in the early 1950s
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QGR, D17 Class suburban tank, passenger, Normanby, Qld, [1950s]
University of Newcastle
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Interesting combination of signals ...

D17 855 at Mayne Yard in 1968. Last days of steam ...
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Wonderful photograph ...

South Brisbane Shunter Pb15 749 and Light Engine D17 269
Weston Langford 19 November 1966
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South Brisbane Up Suburban to Lota D17 269
Weston Langford 19 November 1966
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D17 75 "Roma St." [n.d.] - Suburban Train approaching Albion Station from the north. The first two vehicles, excursion van and long distance car are not normally part of the suburban set.
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Between 1948 and 1952, twelve DD17s were built at North Ipswich as the D16s started to reach end of service life.
Numbers949-954, 1046-1051.
1046, 1047, 1049, 1051 preserved others scrapped.

DD17 949 as built in Ipswich 1948 hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/88… - #slqdigital @slqld

The first DD17 tank engine was painted black with red lining. The rest of the DD17 tanks were painted blue > nickname ' Blue Baby '.

'Colour For Rail Locos"
Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld) Thu 14 Jul 1949 Page 2
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A Queensland railways suburban train headed by a class DD17 steam locomtove - circa late 1960s.
Leonard J Matthews
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QGR, DD17 Class, No.1047 suburban tank, passenger train, Brisbane suburbs, [1950s]
University of Newcastle
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Roma Street Down Suburban DD17 1049
Weston Langford 27 December 1961
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DD17 1047 on the Zig Zag Railway
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DD17 No.1046 at Central 25 September 1971 working one of the city circle Warana services.
Larry Matters
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Mayne Down Suburban DD17 954
Weston Langford 18 November 1966
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Brisbane was well served by the D suburban tank locos. It is recorded that at least on one occasion the mighty Sydney Mail (down) was hauled by a D16 when a loco failed at Ipswich!

DD17 1051 - "The Blue Baby" - Ekka Steam Train Services 2010

DD17 No.1051 Tribute

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