A10 No.203

Normanton-Croydon Railway

 

The abandoned boilers of No.203 and 161 at Clarina in January 1993.

'The Gulflander' railmotor is standing behind the two abandoned boilers.

This photo was kindly contributed by Murray Lawrence.

Builder

Built by Vulcan Foundry, Lancashire

Supplied by Fairlie Engine Coy.

Builder’s Number & Year

Vulcan 802 of 1877

Fairlie 602 of 1877

Wheel Arrangement

2-4-0

No. in class

3

 

A10 No.203 is a fascinating survivor of the Queensland Railways’ early years, having been built as early as 1877. It owes it survival to having been transported to the isolated and remote Normanton - Croydon Railway in 1888.

It became unused after 1895. The boiler was separated from the loco at Normanton and sent to the Clarina pump, where it remains derelict. Photos suggest the firebox inner & outer have been scrapped - probably to retrieve the copper inner firebox.

The 4-wheel tender was possibly used as a water cart (together with that from 204) as both were derelict at Croydon by 1985 but were reunited with the engine frames at Normanton in that year.

References

a

Knowles, J. W. 'Lonely Rails in the Gulf Country –

The story of the Normanton - Croydon Railway and the Gulflander',

Revised second edition 1993,

published by J. W. Knowles and distributed by the

Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society,

PO Box 270, Brisbane 4002.

(Appendix 4, Page 58)

b

Armstrong, J. 'Locomotives in the Tropics - Volume 1

(Queensland Railways 1864 - 1910)’,

published by the ARHS Queensland Division, 1985.

Page 35.

c

Information provided by Graham Wilson

(Operations Manager, Heritage Rollingstock & Component Services, QR)

at our meeting of 8 October 2004.

Page updated: 30 November 2024

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