Queensland 4D9 class locomotive explained

Queensland Railways 4D9 class
Powertype:Steam
Builder:Dübs & Co
Serialnumber:1414, 1415
Builddate:1881
Totalproduction:2
Whytetype:2-4-2T
Fueltype:Coal
Cylindercount:2 outside
Cylindersize:9x
Operator:Queensland Railways
Fleetnumbers:1, 131
Preservedunits:131
Disposition:1 preserved, 1 scrapped

The Queensland Railways 4D9 class locomotive was a class of 2-4-2T steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

History

In February 1881, two Dübs & Co two 2-4-2T locomotives entered service on the Bundaberg Railway. Per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the 4D9 class, the 4 representing the number of driving wheels, the D that it was a tank locomotive, and the 9 the cylinder diameter in inches.[1]

Class list

Works
number
Bundaberg Railway
number
Southern & Western
Railway number
Queensland Railways
number
In serviceNotes
1414111February 1881Sold July 1895 to Bingarra Sugar Mill
14152131February 1881Sold August 1894 to CSR, Childers, resold to Public Works Department, Tasmania for Macquarie Harbour breakwater construction, sold May 1941 to sawmiller R Howard, Zeehan, currently statically displayed by Don River Railway[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Armstrong, John. Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. 1985. Australian Railway Historical Society. Brisbane. 0 909937 13 3. 36, 97.
  2. http://www.australiansteam.com/4D9%20131.htm 4D9 131