Foreign Lines – North Queensland

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In 1999 1079 is at Barron Falls Station during its climb up the range to Kuranda in tropical North Queensland.This was the first time a mainline loco worked the line as the track was in the process of being upgraded.

 The Barron Falls (Aboriginal: Bibhoora) is a steep tiered cascade waterfall on the Barron River located where the river descends from the Atherton Tablelands to the Cairns coastal plain, in Queensland, Australia.

Barron Falls near Kuranda, Australia

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Queensland Railways steam at Barron Falls

 

Steam Locos of a Leisurely Era 1885 Mersey Railway 0-6-4T

Steam Locos of a Leisurely Era

1885  Mersey Railway  0-6-4T

From the Chasewater Railway Museum Collection

 

Cecil Raikes as last running in 1952.  The stove-pipe chimney was a later addition, but it will be noted that the condensing pipes still remain, although they would not have been in use for nearly fifty years.

A class of nine large tank engines built for the underground railway between Liverpool and Birkenhead, which was opened in January 1886.  A powerful design was needed to work trains of 150 tons over a 1 in 27 and 1 in 30 gradients, and the 21”x 26” cylinders with which these engines were provided were at the time the largest in the country.  In view of the tunnel work, condensing apparatus was provided.

Locomotive No.5 ‘Cecil Raikes’ – Museum Of Liverpool  

When the line was electrified in 1904 they were no longer required and were sold out of service.  Three were disposed of to the Alexandra Docks, and later became GWR engines; these were scrapped in the 1920s.  Four went to Australia, where at least one lasted until 1950.  The remaining two were acquired by the Shipley Collieries, Nottinghamshire, formerly Mersey Railway Nos.5 and 8;  they retained their names, Cecil Raikes and Birkenhead under their new owners.  The latter was broken up in 1925, but Cecil Raikes remained in service until 1954.  Since that time it has been stored at Derby with a view to preservation.

Driving wheels – 4’ 7”,  Bogie wheels – 3’ 0”,  Pressure 150 lb.,  Weight 67 tons 17 cwt.

Description Mersey Railway 0-6-4T No.5 “Cecil Raikes” at Steamport Southport in 1988 Date 30 May 1988

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