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PB15 No. 448

News: PB15 No 448 is back in service after a major overhaul spanning 12 years!

One of over two hundred locomotives of this class to be purchased by the Queensland Railways, this engine was built by Walkers Ltd. Maryborough, Queensland to the design of H. Horniblow, who was the locomotive engineer at the time, and was allocated construction number 91 of 1908. When it entered service on the Government system, it had a boiler which operated at 150 pounds per square inch (later increased to 160 pound per square inch) to drive its 48inch (1219mm) diameter driving wheels through its 15 inch diameter and 20 inch stroke (381 X 508) cylinders. The boiler itself had a heating surface of 722 square feet while the firebox added another 80 square feet to give a total heating surface of 802 square feet. The grate area pf the firebox is 13.1 square feet. In working order, the engine unit weighs 32T 1C (32564kg), the tender 24T 5C (24629kg) which gives a total of 56T 6C (57203kg). The tender, which is carried on two four wheel bogies with 33 inch (838mm) diameter wheels carries 4 Ton (4064kg) and 1800 gallons (81231) of water. It was sold to K.R. Hunter's Pioneer Valley Amusement Park after its retirement in August 1970. from where a group of Ipswich and Brisbane enthusiasts purchased, it on that venture's failure.

Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway Co-Op Ltd
ABN 71 344 974 386

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