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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)
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/303…
#1 was scrapped, #131 is on display at the Don River Railway in Tasmania.

4D9 131 Displayed at the Don River Railway
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Bingera Mill; at Bingera, Dubs 1414-1880; bought Bingera 1895, c1895 3ft 6ins gauge, John Browning Collection
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4D9 #1
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NSW Government railways were all 4' 8.5" (standard gauge).
Steam engine classification from 1924 was based on letters indicating driving axles.
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B11 2-6-0 and B12 2-6-0

B11 Neilson and Company 1878
QGR numbers 36, 109-111 (4)
Original numbers 15-18

B11 #15 c. 1879
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B12 2-6-0
Kitson & Co (12)
Avonside Engine Company (3)
Dübs & Co (6)
Neilson and Company (2)
North Ipswich Railway Workshops (2)
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B12 Locomotive no. 17 on display at Roma Street, Brisbane, 1914 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/61… - #slqdigital @slqld Image
B12 class locomotive no. 40 at Cooktown, ca. 1914 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/21… - #slqdigital @slqld Image
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A14 4-4-0
Built 1894/95 Phoenix Engine Co
#281-288 all scrapped by c. 1930.

A14 281 in the locomotive sheds at Ipswich c. 1890
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Engine no. 284 an A14 steam locomotive, 1894 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/89… - #slqdigital @slqld

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Queensland Government Railways, A14 Class No.288, Bowen Hills, [1900s]
University of Newcastle
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