Queensland Double Boilered Cross locomotive explained

Queensland Railways Double Boilered Cross Locomotives class
Powertype:Steam
Builder:James Cross & Co
Builddate:1867
Totalproduction:3
Gauge: (as built)
(after rebuild)
Fueltype:Coal
Cylindercount:4 outside
Cylindersize:11x
Operator:Queensland Railways
Central Argentine Railway
Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway
Disposition:all scrapped

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

History

In 1867, James Cross and Company of St Helens, England, delivered three 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 . 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 in Wales and named Victoria.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Armstrong, John. Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. 1985. Australian Railway Historical Society. Brisbane. 0 909937 13 3. 17.