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Macknade Mill No.6 Mandalong Valley Tramway |
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Hudswell Clarke 1862 awaiting its next steaming (with Fowler 12771 behind) at the
Timbertown Heritage Steam Railway.
This photo is dated 28 December 2003.
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Builder |
Leeds,
England |
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Builder’s Number & Year |
1862
of 1952 |
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Wheel Arrangement |
0-6-0 |
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This
locomotive was built by Hudswell, Clarke & Co. Ltd of Leeds, England and originally
operated at Victoria Mill, Ingham where it carried the name ‘Gowrie’. In 1965
it was transferred to the nearby Macknade Mill where it became No.6 on their
locomotive roster. It was retired in 1976 at the end of steam railway operations
at Macknade Mill. No.6 was
donated to Timbertown, Wauchope, NSW in 1977 and had been returned to service
by 1978. Here it ran for many years on the Timbertown Heritage
Railway, hauling visitors around a 2km loop track surrounding the
Timbertown heritage park. This interesting railway includes a lengthy trestle
bridge across a local watercourse. A plaque attached to the cab reads: "This locomotive worked in Northern
Queensland hauling sugar cane to the CSR Macknade Mill. Donated by CSR to
Timbertown-Wauchope for preservation 1977." As of
January 2011, No.6 was awaiting overhaul within the locomotive repair
workshop at Timbertown. Update: Macknade
Mill No.6 was sold in 2013 and is now resident at the Mandalong Valley
Tramway, a private bush tramway on the NSW Central Coast. Here it has been returned
to service as No.19 ‘Wauchope’. The loco can be seen in the ‘Welcome back Ivy’
steaming event on 12 November 2023 featured this YouTube entry from
BelbinVideo, which also provides a good overview of the Mandalong Valley Tramway
operations: “Welcome
back Ivy" Mandalong Valley Tramway, three locos in steam. Further
Reading: The
excellent reference ‘Salute to the Hudswells’ by Ian Stocks, David Mewes and
John Browning provides a full history and good colour photos for Macknade
Mill No.6, together with other Hudswell Clarke locomotives operated by the
Colonial Sugar Refining Company in Australia and Fiji. |
References
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Light
Railway Research Society of Australia Inc. website 'Preserved
Australian Sugar Cane Locomotives' list |
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Wikipedia page for Hudswell, Clarke & Co. Ltd, retrieved 3 June 2025 |
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‘Salute to the Hudswells’ by
Ian Stocks, David Mewes & John Browning. Published
by Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum
Society, 2014. |
Page updated: 4 June 2025
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