This family photo is kindly provided by Warren Firth and shows No.820 plinthed in MacDonnell Park, Gympie in 1972.

No.820 was built by Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd at Newcastle upon Tyne, England as their Builder's Number 868 of 1927, as one of the Queensland Government Railways' highly successful "C17" class 4-8-0 locomotives.

Following retirement by the Queensland Government Railways, No.820 was presented in 1969 to Widgee Shire Council and placed on display in MacDonnell Park, Gympie.

In 1982 the Gympie Apex Club requested permission from Widgee Shire Council to sell this locomotive for scrap as a fund raising activity.  Unfortunately the Council approved the motion and the locomotive was cut up for scrap metal by the Apex Club members in 1982. (I have heard that No.820 was in fact still technically owned by the QGR, who were less than pleased that the locomotive had been destroyed in this manner.) ^(a)

The regrettable scrapping of No.820 provided impetus towards the rescue of locomotive C17 No.45 from its plinth in a second Gympie park, and the subsequent formation of the Mary Valley Heritage Railway with a restored No.45 as their flagship locomotive. ^(a)