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Kilrie Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway |
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My thanks to Anthony Winstone for this view of Kilrie and
PB15 No. 446 double-heading at the QPSR during 1993.
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Builder |
Gawler, South Australia |
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Builder’s Number & Year |
265
of 1924 |
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Wheel Arrangement |
0-4-2T |
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This
locomotive was one of twelve 0-4-0T locomotives purchased by the State Rivers
and Water Supply Commission of Victoria for construction of the Hume Weir on
the Murray River, near Albury. At
completion of construction duties in 1935 it was sold to the Pioneer Sugar
Mill, Brandon, Queensland where it received the name “Kilrie”. In 1960 it was modified from 0-4-0T to
0-4-2T wheel arrangement, together with conversion from coal to oil firing. Kilrie
entered preservation when sold to the Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Preservation
Society (ANGRMS) at Woodford. Being 3’
6” gauge, Kilrie perhaps did not easily fit with their 2’ gauge collection
and operating railway, so Kilrie was placed on long-term lease to the Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway
(QPSR) at Swanbank, west of Brisbane. In
2008, Kilrie was purchased outright by the QPSR following donations made by
the Ipswich City Council, Babcock & Brown and Payce. Kilrie has served as an operating loco at Swanbank for many
years, during which time it has been restored to coal firing and fitted with Westinghouse
automatic air braking. The QPSR website provide
some further history for Kilrie. Of
the twelve Perry locomotives built for the Hume Weir work, two others also
survive: ·
Klondyke, also from
Pioneer Mill and converted to 0-4-2T configuration in 1962; and ·
Fyansford No.11,
which retains its original 0-4-0T form. |
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Kilrie’s builder’s plate,
photographed during the webmaster’s visit to the QPSR Swanbank on 25 January
2004.
References
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Light Railway Research Society of
Australia Inc. Web site (as at 20/11/2015): 'Preserved
Australian Sugar Cane Locomotives' list by John Browning (www.lrrsa.org.au/LRR_SGRc.htm) |
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