Queensland C15 class locomotive

Queensland Railways C15 class
Queensland Railways C15 Class Locomotive No.41 circa 1879-1886
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Baldwin Locomotive Company Serial number 4602, 4730 Build date 1879 Total produced 2
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-8-0 Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Fuel type Coal Cylinders 2 outside Cylinder size 15 in × 18 in (381 mm × 457 mm)
Career Operators Queensland Railways Numbers 42, 104 Disposition all scrapped

The Queensland Railways C15 class locomotive was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

History

In 1879, the Queensland Railway’s Southern & Western Railways took delivery of one Baldwin Locomotive Company 2-8-0 locomotive, being placed in service as no. 41 hauling services up the Main Range.^[1]

A similar example as imported jointly by JA Overend and Company and Garget and Company for sections 1 and 2 of the Stanthorpe extension. It was purchased by the Queensland Railways entering service as no. 42. No. 41 was transferred to the Great Northern Railway (Townsville), returning south in 1886 as no. 104. Both were reboilered in 1900. They were similar to the New Zealand Railways T class.^[1]

Per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the C15 class, the C representing they had four driving axles, and the 15 the cylinder diameter in inches.^[1]

Class list

Works number	Southern & Western Railway number	Great Northern Railway number	Queensland Railways number	In service	Notes
4602	41	1	104 (from 1886)	December 1879	Written off 1926
4730	42		42	1881	Written off 1916

References

1. Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 31, 97. ISBN 0 909937 13 3.