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Power type | Steam |
Builder | North Ipswich Railway Workshops |
Build date | 1911 |
Total produced | 21 |
Specifications | |
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• Whyte | 4-6-0 |
Gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
Length | 54 ft 2 in (16.51 m) |
Fuel type | Coal |
Cylinders | 2 |
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Operators | Queensland Railways |
Numbers | 538, 610-613, 676-691 |
Disposition | all scrapped |
The Queensland Railways B17 class locomotive was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.
Between May 1911 and May 1914 North Ipswich Railway Workshops built 21 4-6-0 locomotives. Per Queensland Railway's classification system they were designated the B17 class, B representing they had three driving axles, and the 17 the cylinder diameter in inches. In October 1917, 678 was superheated. Although judged a success, no more followed.