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Queensland Railways A11 class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderVulcan Foundry
Serial number807
Build date1878
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-4-0
Gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel typeCoal
Cylinders2
Career
OperatorsQueensland Railways
Numbers37
Dispositionscrapped

The Queensland Railways A11 class locomotive was a one locomotive class of 2-4-0 steam locomotive operated by the Queensland Railways.

History

In 1878, the Vulcan Foundry delivered a 2-4-0 locomotive to the Queensland Railways Southern & Western Railway. Per Queensland Railway's classification system it designated the A11 class, A representing that it had two driving axles, and the 10 the cylinder diameter in inches.

Class list

Works
number
Southern & Western
Railway number
Queensland Railways
number
In service Notes
807 37 37 June 1878 Condemned November 1902

References

  1. Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 29, 97. ISBN 0-909937-13-3.
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