Queensland A10 Avonside class locomotive explained

Queensland Railways A10 Avonside class
Powertype:	Steam
Builder:	Avonside Engine Company
Serialnumber:	552-555
Builddate:	1864
Totalproduction:	4
Fueltype:	Coal
Cylindercount:	2 outside
Cylindersize:	10x
Operator:	Queensland Railways
Fleetnumbers:	1-4
Disposition:	all scrapped

The Queensland Railways A10 Avonside class locomotive was a class of steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

History

In 1864, the Avonside Engine Company, Bristol built four locomotives for the Queensland Railway. After being built they were dismantled and reassembled at North Ipswich Railway Workshops. Originally classified the A class, per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the A10 Avonside class in 1890, A representing they had two driving axles, and 10 the cylinder diameter in inches.^[1]

One, 3 Lady Bowen, operated the first Queensland Railways service in 1865 between Grandchester and Ipswich. Initially operating on the Southern & Western Railway out of Ipswich, one was transferred to the Central Railway out of Rockhampton in 1867 and the other three to Maryborough in 1879.^[1]

Class list

Works number Southern & Western Railway number Maryborough Railway number Central Railway number Queensland Railways number Name In service Notes 552 1 1 Premier January 1865 Transferred to Maryborough May 1880, condemned 1888 555 2 2 108 Faugh-a-Ballagh January 1865 Transferred to Maryborough January 1880, renumbered 108 1890, sold to contractor Overend & Paterson 554 3 3 Lady Bowen February 1865 Transferred to Maryborough 1879, condemned 1888 553 4 1 133 Pioneer February 1865 Transferred to Rockhampton 1867, renumbered 133 1890, withdrawn 1896

Notes and References

1. Book: Armstrong, John. Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. 1985. Australian Railway Historical Society. Brisbane. 0-909937-13-3. 12, 13, 95.