Loco 106 - Toowoomba bred

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Loco 106 was built at the Toowoomba Foundry in 1915 and was one of 15 Locos built for Queensland Rail to it’s C16 requirements. The C16 was designed in 1903 as an improved 4.8-0 loco built by various firms. By 1918 there were 152 C16’s in service with Queensland Rail. In the early 1920’s further development of the basic design resulted in a new class which was introduced as the C17 overall. This design with it’s improvements totalled 405 locos that served in Queensland and also on the Commonwealth Rail during WWII.

In July 1950 there were still 142 C16’s in service with Queensland Rail. However by the time of dieselisation in 1970 only 5 of the C16’s were still around. Only one of the class escaped the scrapper’s torch and was placed in the Redbank Rail Museum.

One of No. 106’s special duties was to bank a train pulled by the Lady MacGregor (No 694) which broke the blue ribbon at the opening of the “Drayton Deviation” (the present line from Toowoomba station to Wyreema) on 15th May 1915.

Type 4-8-0
Number built 152
Year 1903 - 18
Cylinders Diameter 16
Cylinders stroke 22
Wheel Diameters Leading 28
Coupled 45
Tender 33
Total Wheelbase 45’0”
Total Height 12’6”
Total Length 52’5½”
Total Weight (tons) 80.5
Max Axle load (tons) 8.25
Water capacity (gals) 3,000
Coal capacity (tons) 8
Total heating surface (sq.ft) 1,093
Grate Area (sq.ft) 18.5
Boiler pressure (lbs.sq.inch) 175
Tractive effort - 80% boiler press (saturated) 17,520

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