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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

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