NSW Wallaby

Wallaby

Wallaby 0-4-0ST Locomotive

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company Newcastle-on-Tyne
Serial number	2988
Build date	1913
Total produced	1

Specifications
Configuration	0-4-0ST
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)
Driver diameter	3 ft 0 in (0.914 m)
Loco weight	16.75 long tons (17.0 t; 18.8 short tons)
Boiler pressure	120 lbf/in² (0.83 MPa)

Career
Operators	Hoskins Lithgow Steel Works
Withdrawn	19 November 1962
Disposition	Static display

History

Wallaby was built for the Hoskin Lithgow Steel Works to serve the No. 2 blast furnace plant in 1913. The locomotive was transferred to Port Kembla by Australian Iron and Steel Ltd. (AIS) in 1932. ^[1]

In 1933 Wallaby spent a period at South Kembla Colliery before returning to AIS.

Demise and Preservation

Withdrawn from service at Port Kembla on 19 November 1962 "Wallaby" was placed on static display 5 June 1963. The locomotive was donated to the Illawarra Light Railway Museum I December 1979.

References

↑ "Wallaby". Illawarra Light Railway Museum.

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NSW Wallaby

History

Demise and Preservation

References

Further reading