The Queensland Railways 4D9 class locomotive was a class of 2-4-2T steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.
History[]
In February 1881, two Dübs & Co two 2-4-2T locomotives entered service on the Bundaberg Railway. Per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the 4D9 class, the 4 representing the number of driving wheels, the D that it was a tank locomotive, and the 9 the cylinder diameter in inches.
Class list[]
Works
number |
Bundaberg Railway
number |
Southern & Western
Railway number |
Queensland Railways number | In service | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1414 | 1 | 1 | 1 | February 1881 | Sold July 1895 to Bingarra Sugar Mill |
1415 | 2 | 131 | February 1881 | Sold August 1894 to CSR, Childers, resold to Public Works Department, Tasmania for Macquarie Harbour breakwater construction, sold May 1941 to sawmiller R Howard, Zeehan, currently statically displayed by Don River Railway |