NSW Wallaby explained

Wallaby
Powertype:Steam
Builder:Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Serialnumber:2988
Builddate:1913
Totalproduction:1
Whytetype:0-4-0ST
Driverdiameter:3feet
Locoweight:16.751NaN1
Boilerpressure:1202NaN2
Operator:Hoskins Lithgow Steel Works
Withdrawndate:19 November 1962
Disposition:Static display

NSW Wallaby was a steam locomotive seeing service in New South Wales.

History

Wallaby was built for the Hoskin Lithgow Steel Works to serve the No. 2 blast furnace plant in 1913. The locomotive was transferred to Port Kembla by Australian Iron and Steel Ltd. (AIS) in 1932. [1]

In 1933 Wallaby spent a period at South Kembla Colliery before returning to AIS.

Demise and Preservation

Withdrawn from service at Port Kembla on 19 November 1962 "Wallaby" was placed on static display 5 June 1963. The locomotive was donated to the Illawarra Light Railway Museum in December 1979.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wallaby. Illawarra Light Railway Museum.