Queensland Double Boilered Cross locomotive

The Queensland Railways Double Boilered Cross Locomotives class locomotive was a locomotive class of 0-6-6-0 steam locomotives built for, but never operated by, the Queensland Railways.

Queensland Railways Double Boilered Cross Locomotives class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderJames Cross & Co
Build date1867
Total produced3
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-6-0
Gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (as built)
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (after rebuild)
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders4 outside
Cylinder size11 in × 18 in (279 mm × 457 mm)
Career
OperatorsQueensland Railways
Central Argentine Railway
Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway
Dispositionall scrapped

History

In 1867, James Cross and Company of St Helens, England, delivered three 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 0-6-6-0 double boilered locomotives as knocked down kits to the Queensland Railways' North Ipswich Railway Workshops.[1]

One was assembled coming in six tons overweight. After operating two trials on the line to Toowoomba, where it spread the rails and ultimately derailed, Queensland Railways refused to accept them. After four years in storage, they were repatriated to England and converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in). Two were sold to the Central Argentine Railway for use at Montevideo, while the third was sold to the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway, Wales and named Victoria.[1]

References
  1. Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. p. 17. ISBN 0 909937 13 3.
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