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A10 - there were a number of early locos classified as A10.

A10 Avonside 2-4-0 (4)
A10 Baldwin 4-4-0 (2)
A10 Fairlie 2-4-0 (3)
A10 Neilson 0-4-2 (13)
A10 Ipswich 2-4-0 (1)

A10 Ipswich #36 c. 1880 hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/11… - #slqdigital @slqld
A10 Avonside 2-4-0 (4) #1-4
1864 Avonside Engine Company, Bristol
All scrapped.

‘Faugh-a-Ballagh’ #2 A10 Avonside the first loco to move under its own steam in Qld 11 Jan 1865, travelling on a test run from North Ipswich to Wide Gully.
facebook.com/QueenslandRail…
Railway workers posing with the Lady Bowen locomotive, ca. 1865 - hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/78… - #slqdigital
@slqld
#3 A10 Avonside.

#1 was named ' Premier '
#4 was named ' Pioneer '
A10 Fairlie 2-4-0 (3)
Built 1877 Fairlie Engine Co. sub contracted to Vulcan Foundry, not ' Fairlie ' locos conventional 2-4-0.
All 3 ended up on the Normanton railway. Parts of them survive today.
croydon.qld.gov.au/arts-culture/c…
The 3 A10s (F) were numbered 202, 203 and 204.
No.204 displayed at Croydon Station - 28 August 2008.
australiansteam.com/A10%20204.htm
A10 Baldwin 4-4-0 (2)
Baldwin Locomotive Works 1879
Northern Railway (Townsville Region) in service 1881.
QGR #176, 177. No photographs.

This is a 4-4-0 3' gauge Baldwin of the same era.
The A10 Baldwins would have been similar.
A10 Neilson 0-4-2 (13)
Neilson and Company built 1865/66 #1-13
#3 and #6 preserved.
N°6 was sold to Gibson & Howes in 1896 for use on their Wattawa line. Reboilered 1955 and was steamed to Brisbane in 1965.

A10 (N) #3 in a re-enactment, Roma St.1936.
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155022…
This video has some footage of A10 (N) #6 in 1965.

Queensland Railway Centenary (1965) - British Pathé

A10 (N) #6 at Watawa c. 1957.
P G Dow.
Class A10 No. 6 fact sheet - The Workshops Rail Museum
theworkshops.qm.qld.gov.au/~/media/Docume…
#6 is still operational - the oldest operating locomotive in the southern hemisphere.

BB18 ¼ 1079 and A10 No. 6 - QR 150th Steam Train to Grandchester - 26/07/2015

A10 (N) #3 and C18 #692 Ipswich 1914.
queenslandrail.com.au/ourhistory/150…
#3 is undergoing restoration at Ipswich.
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