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Queensland 8D15 class locomotive

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Queensland Railways 8D15 class
Class 8D15 No. 77, in service from January 1885
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderDübs & Co
Serial number2010-2014
Build date1884
Total produced5
RebuilderNorth Ipswich Railway Workshops
Rebuild date1890/91
Number rebuilt2
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-8-2T
Gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders2 outside
Cylinder size15 in × 20 in (381 mm × 508 mm)
Career
OperatorsQueensland Railways
Numbers75-77, 134, 135
NicknamesDonald Dinnies
DispositionAll scrapped

The Queensland Railways 8D15 class locomotive was a class of 2-8-2T steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

History

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In 1884 Dübs & Co delivered five 2-8-2T locomotives to the Queensland Railways. Three were delivered to the Southern & Western Railway and one each to the Central (Rockhampton) and Great Northern (Townsville) Railways. The latter was transferred to the Central Railway without use. Per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the 8D15 class, the 8 representing the number of driving wheels, the D that it was a tank locomotive, and the 15 the cylinder diameter in inches.[1]

Two were converted to tender engines in 1890/91. All were later reboilered. The tank engines were written off in October 1922, while the tender locomotives, having spent their final years hauling limestone and water trains to Mount Morgan gold mine, followed in 1938.[1]

Class list

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Works
number
Southern & Western
Railway number
Central Railway
number
Queensland Railways
number
In service Notes
2010 75 75 February 1885
2011 76 76 January 1885
2012 77 77 January 1885
2013 23 & 2 134 December 1884 entered service as no. 23, withdrawn for modifications, re-entered service as no. 2, converted to tender engine 1891
2014 3 135 November 1884 delivered to Great Northern Railway as no. 13, transferred without use to Central Railway, converted to tender engine 1890

References

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  1. ^ a b Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 53, 54, 100, 101. ISBN 0-909937-13-3.