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Queensland Railways 4D11½ Abt class
Mount Morgan track locomotive no. 339 built by Dubs
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Dübs & Co Serial number 3619, 3620 Build date 1898 Total produced 2
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-4-2RT Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Fuel type Coal Water cap. 600 imp gal (2,700 L; 720 US gal) Cylinders 2 Cylinder size 11.5 in × 16 in (292 mm × 406 mm) Loco brake Westinghouse air Le Chatlier
Career Operators Queensland Railways Numbers 339, 340 Disposition both scrapped

The Queensland Railways 4D11½ Abt class locomotive was a class of 0-4-2RT steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.

History

In October 1898, two Dübs & Co locomotives entered service. Per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the 4D11½ Abt class, the 4 representing the number of driving wheels, the D that it was a tank locomotive, and the 11½ the cylinder diameter in inches.

They were built to assist conventional locomotives up and down a steeply graded rack railway section of the Central Western line at Mount Morgan.

Class list

References

1. Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 66, 102. ISBN 0-909937-13-3.

• Dübs locomotives
• Rack and cog driven locomotives
• Railway locomotives introduced in 1898
• Steam locomotives of Queensland
• 3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of Australia
• 0-4-2T locomotives