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No. 6 John Fowler & Co. Ltd. b/n 13325 of 1912 |
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This view is kindly provided by Dave Jones and shows No. 6 plinthed under a weather roof at the Childers town museum on 9 March 2009. Behind is John Fowler B/N 7607 of 1896, bearing the number "4". |
This locomotive was built by John Fowler & Co. Ltd. of Leeds as their Builder's No. 13325 of 1912, and became No. 6 on the roster of the Isis Mill, Cordalba.(a)
No.6 is now plinthed in the Childers town museum and displayed under a weather roof. It retains its brass steam dome and features a bogie tender that bears a home-made builders plate which reads 'No. 6, Made by Isis Central Mill, 27-7-52'.
In 2007 or 2008 No.6 was joined at Childers town museum by another former Isis Central Mill loco, John Fowler & Co. Ltd. Builder's No. 7607 of 1896.
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Here is an earlier view taken by the webmaster which shows No.6 at Childers on 29 January 2004, prior to the arrival of No. 4. |
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Cab & firebox of No.6 at Childers on 29 January 2004. |
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The home-made builder's plate on the tender; 29 January 2004. |
References
| a | Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc. Web site (as at 20/3/2009): 'Preserved Australian Sugar Cane Locomotives' list by John Browning (www.lrrsa.org.au/LRR_SGRc.htm) |
| b | Personal comment or observation. |
Page updated: 6 February 2011