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C17 No. 922 Stationary boiler at Grandchester Sawmill |
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The C17 boiler (ostensibly from No.922) in stationary use
at Grandchester Sawmill on 8 October 2004.
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Builder |
Walkers Limited, Maryborough |
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Builder’s Number & Year |
485 of 1946 |
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Wheel Arrangement |
4-8-0 |
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No. in class |
227 |
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A
drive through rural Queensland in October 2004 took me through the historic town
of Grandchester, west of Ipswich, where I spotted this C17 boiler in
stationary use at the Grandchester Sawmill.
The boiler wore green livery and included the smokebox, headlight, boiler
clothing and number plate of C17 No.922. Two steam locomotive whistles were seen
protruding from the shed roof, while a locomotive tender tank at the rear
supplied water. The brass nameplate "Old
Faithful" was attached to the boiler, immediately above the “922”
numberplate. (According to “Locomotives
in the Tropics”, No.922 was one of the last C17’s on the Queensland Railways books,
being written off in July 1970.) The website for the Grandchester
Sawmill confirms that the boiler came from C17 No.922 and provides some
further information and photographs for this interesting sawmill operation. |
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This old steam
locomotive tender tank was spotted behind the sawmill.
References
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a |
Armstrong,
J. 'Locomotives in the Tropics - Volume 2 (Queensland Railways 1910 – 1958 and beyond), published by the ARHS Queensland
Division, 1994. |
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b |
Website for
Grandchester Sawmills, accessed 20 October 2015 |
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observation or comment |
Page updated: 20 October 2015
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