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Class of Australian 2-4-0 locomotives
Queensland Railways A10 Avonside class Lady Bowen circa 1865
The Queensland Railways A10 Avonside class locomotive was a class of 2-4-0 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways .
In 1864, the Avonside Engine Company , Bristol built four locomotives for the Queensland Railway . After being built they were dismantled and reassembled at North Ipswich Railway Workshops . Originally classified the A class, per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the A10 Avonside class in 1890, A representing they had two driving axles , and 10 the cylinder diameter in inches.[ 1]
One, 3 Lady Bowen , operated the first Queensland Railways service in 1865 between Grandchester and Ipswich . Initially operating on the Southern & Western Railway out of Ipswich, one was transferred to the Central Railway out of Rockhampton in 1867 and the other three to Maryborough in 1879.[ 1]
Works number
Southern & Western Railway number
Maryborough Railway number
Central Railway number
Queensland Railways number
Name
In service
Notes
552
1
1
Premier
January 1865
Transferred to Maryborough May 1880, condemned 1888
555
2
2
108
Faugh-a-Ballagh
January 1865
Transferred to Maryborough January 1880, renumbered 108 1890, sold to contractor Overend & Paterson
554
3
3
Lady Bowen
February 1865
Transferred to Maryborough 1879, condemned 1888
553
4
1
133
Pioneer
February 1865
Transferred to Rockhampton 1867, renumbered 133 1890, withdrawn 1896
^ a b Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1 . Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 12, 13, 95. ISBN 0-909937-13-3 .