Edited 12 May 2014 14:05, 7 years ago, edited by dthead

Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 11:26 am
To digress, and switching the focus from the ASG and back to the other and happily much more successful Queensland Garrett, the Beyer Garrett introduced to QGR in 1950, as David Peters has already pointed out, this was a very similar loco to the South Australian 400 Class Garrett. To quote from the Singleton and Burke authored 1963 book, "Railways of Australia", their List of Locomotive Classes gives the following info:-

Q'ld Beyer Garrett
Built Year 1950, 30 in class; 19 built by Beyer Peacock, 11 by Societe Franco-Belge, France; Driving Wheel Diameter 4'3"; Cylinders 13.75" X 26" ; Tractive Effort in pounds 32,800 ; Weight 137 tons.

Sth Aust. 400 Cl
Built 1953, 10 in Class, all built by Societe Franco-Belge, Raismes, France; Drivers Dia. 4' 0" ; cylinders 16" X 24" ; T E 43,500 lbs ; Weight 149 tons.

Both types shared a 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 wheel arrangement, 200psi boiler pressure, and of course, a 3'6" track gauge.

I trust this may be of interest to modellers.

Thanks, David, for correcting my mistake in putting this in a separate post. Another "senior moment" from a computer dinosaur! I seem to get into more strife than Flash Gordon when it comes down to computers!

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Edited 12 May 2014 13:57, 7 years ago, edited by dthead

This post was posted as a seperate thread. I have copied it here for everyone's benifit, until the poster can post it themselves -Dthead

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Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 11:26 am

To digress, and switching the focus from the ASG and back to the other and happily much more successful Queensland Garrett, the Beyer Garrett introduced to QGR in 1950, as David Peters has already pointed out, this was a very similar loco to the South Australian 400 Class Garrett. To quote from the Singleton and Burke authored 1963 book, "Railways of Australia", their List of Locomotive Classes gives the following info:-

Q'ld Beyer Garrett
Built Year 1950, 30 in class; 19 built by Beyer Peacock, 11 by Societe Franco-Belge, France; Driving Wheel Diameter 4'3"; Cylinders 13.75" X 26" ; Tractive Effort in pounds 32,800 ; Weight 137 tons.

Sth Aust. 400 Cl
Built 1953, 10 in Class, all built by Societe Franco-Belge, Raismes, France; Drivers Dia. 4' 0" ; cylinders 16" X 24" ; T E 43,500 lbs ; Weight 149 tons.

Both types shared a 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 wheel arrangement, 200psi boiler pressure, and of course, a 3'6" track gauge.

I trust this may be of interest to modellers.

Thanks, David, for correcting my mistake in putting this in a separate post. Another "senior moment" from a computer dinosaur! I seem to get into more strife than Flash Gordon when it comes down to computers!

Desperado