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By: Martin Hartley9th Dec 2022 10:33PMThis same image appears on page 34 of "American Steam on Australian Rails: The States and the Commonwealth 1877-2004" by David Burke (b.1927) (C) 2004 ISBN646-43389-X first published 2004 by Indiana University Press.

It is identified as a Queensland Railways A10 Class. This particular photo dates from ca.1886-1890 when this particular locomotive carried "No.1"

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[Queensland Railways A10 Baldwin Class], No. 1, [1886-1890]

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A small Baldwin 4-4-0. The style of the steam dome and sandbox fits 1870's Baldwin examples.
Queensland Railways did have an A10 Baldwin class, with two locomotives in it. Built by Baldwin in 1879, they entered service on the Townsville line numbered 3 and 2. In 1886 they were moved to the Bowen Railway, and renumbered as 2 and 1. Then in 1890 they were re-numbered again, to 176 and 177. So far, no verified images of these locomotives have been found, but this image fits the general description and dimensions of the class.

This image was scanned from an original glass plate or negative, kindly provided by the Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division.

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InformationInformation provided by Greg Hallam, Historian, Queensland Rail: A10 Baldwin – Originally American Passenger Class Total Number of Engines Built: 2 First Engine Built: 1879 Last Engine Built: 1879 First Engine Written Off: 1902 Last Engine Written Off: 1902 These small engines were also ordered for the Great Northern Railway at a cost of £1,690 each. Their diminutive size made their usefulness doubtful; however, they apparently ran reasonable mileages before the arrival of B13 engines. They could haul 45 tons on easily grades sections of the GNR but only 15 tons up the old Mingela Range route. Both were eventually transferred to the Bowen Railway. After N°177 was written off, its boiler was used for a time at a pumping plant at Torrens Creek. In 1889 locomotives and rollingstock were consolidated into one rollingstock register. This resulted in most items, except those operating on the original Southern and Western Railway (from Ipswich), being renumbered. Numbers shown are state (or former S & W) numbers. Those in brackets are former numbers of individual railways. Abbreviations GNR – Great Northern Railway based on Townsville BN – Bowen Railway based on Bowen Baldwin – Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia USADatenot specified

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