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A10 No.203 Normanton-Croydon Railway |
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The abandoned boilers of No.203 and 161 at Clarina in January 1993.
'The Gulflander' railmotor is standing
behind the two abandoned boilers.
This photo was kindly contributed by Murray Lawrence.
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Builder |
Built by Vulcan Foundry,
Lancashire Supplied by Fairlie Engine Coy. |
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Builder’s Number & Year |
Vulcan 802 of 1877 Fairlie 602 of 1877 |
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Wheel Arrangement |
2-4-0 |
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No. in class |
3 |
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A10 No.203
is a fascinating survivor of the Queensland Railways’ early years, having
been built as early as 1877. It owes it survival to having been transported to
the isolated and remote Normanton - Croydon Railway in 1888. It became
unused after 1895. The boiler was separated from the loco at Normanton and
sent to the Clarina pump, where it remains derelict. Photos suggest the
firebox inner & outer have been scrapped - probably to retrieve the
copper inner firebox. The
4-wheel tender was possibly used as a water cart (together with that from
204) as both were derelict at Croydon by 1985 but were reunited with the
engine frames at Normanton in that year. |
References
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a |
Knowles, J.
W. 'Lonely Rails in the Gulf Country – The
story of the Normanton - Croydon Railway and the Gulflander', Revised
second edition 1993, published
by J. W. Knowles and distributed by the Australian
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society, PO
Box 270, Brisbane 4002. (Appendix
4, Page 58) |
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b |
Armstrong,
J. 'Locomotives in the Tropics - Volume 1 (Queensland
Railways 1864 - 1910)’, published
by the ARHS Queensland Division, 1985. Page 35. |
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Information
provided by Graham Wilson (Operations
Manager, Heritage Rollingstock & Component Services, QR) at our
meeting of 8 October 2004. |
Page updated: 30 November 2024
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