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No.3 Flash Ex-Qunaba Mill, Bundaberg |
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No.3 ‘Flash’ displayed within the exhibits hall at The
Workshops, Ipswich on 22 October 2006.
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Builder |
Mile
End, Adelaide |
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Builder’s Number & Year |
6160.48.1 of 1948 |
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Wheel Arrangement |
0-6-2T |
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This
handsome loco is one of 19 steam engines built for various Australian sugar
mills by Adelaide company Perry Engineering Co. Ltd. Perry also built many larger
locomotives for various Australian state government railways and civil engineering
/ construction projects. The Perry-built cane locos have fared well in preservation,
with 16 surviving examples listed on this site. This
locomotive was constructed in 1948 for the Qunaba Mill, Bundaberg where it
was known as No.3 ‘Flash’. Following
retirement, No.3 'Flash' was stored at the Queensland Museum, Brisbane until
moved to the new ‘The Workshops’ railway museum at the former Ipswich Railway
Workshops on 25 September 2001. It is now displayed within the exhibits hall. |
References
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a |
Light
Railway Research Society of Australia Inc. Web site 'Preserved
Australian Sugar Cane Locomotives' list |
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b |
Wikipedia
page for Perry Engineering Co Ltd, |
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c |
'Light
Railways - Australia's Magazine of Industrial & Narrow Gauge Railways', Number 162, December 2001, published
by Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc. |
Page updated: 10 July 2018
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