NSW Kiama Fowler

Kiama Fowler

Kiama Fowler 0-4-0 Locomotive
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder John Fowler & Co.
Leeds, England
Serial number 16089
Build date 1923
Specifications
Configuration 0-4-0
Gauge 2 feet 0 inches (609.600 mm)
Driver dia. 2 ft 0 in (0.610 m)
Loco weight 7.5 long tons (7.6 t)
Firebox:
 • Firegrate area		 4 sq ft (0.37 m2)
Boiler pressure 160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa)
Cylinders Two, outside
Cylinder size 8 in × 12 in (200 mm × 300 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort 4,096 lbf (18.2 kN)
Career
Operators Kiama Quarry Tramway

History

Built by the John Fowler plant at Leeds in England in 1923, it was used at the Kiama Quarries for blue metal haulage at the town of Kiama until 1941 when the quarry was shutdown.[1]

Demise and Preservation

After the Quarry had closed this locomotive was used by a variety of preservation groups until donated to the Illawarra Light Railway Museum on 28 August 1998 and is now awaiting restoration.

References

  1. ↑ "Fowler". Illawarra Light Railway Museum.
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