The Queensland Railways BB18¼ class locomotive is a class of 4-6-2 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.
1079 passing through Enoggera station in April 2009
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Walkers Limited was an Australian engineering and shipbuilding company based in Maryborough, Queensland. It built large vessels and railway locomotives. The Walkers factory still produces locomotives
Queensland BB18¼ class locomotive
…they had three driving axles, the second B indicated it was the second generation and the 18¼ the cylinder diameter in inches. A further 20 built by Walkers Limited, Maryborough between 1955 and 1958. No. 1089 was the last steam engine placed into service on a mainline Australian railway. Their route availability…
Queensland’s first steam locomotive, c.1873
HMAS Toowoomba in 1941
Former Royal Australian Navy Attack-class patrol boat HMAS Advance on Port Jackson in October 2013