Queensland Double Boilered Cross locomotive

The Queensland Railways Double Boilered Cross Locomotives class locomotive was a locomotive class of 0-6-6-0T steam locomotives built for, but never operated by, the Queensland Railways.

Queensland Railways Double Boilered Cross Locomotives class
Plans of Fairlie Double Boiler Cross locomotive, 1867
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder James Cross & Co Build date 1867 Total produced 3
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-6-0T Gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) (as built) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (after rebuild) Fuel type Coal Cylinders 4 outside Cylinder size 11 in × 18 in (279 mm × 457 mm)
Career Operators Queensland Railways Central Argentine Railway Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway Disposition all scrapped

History

In 1867, James Cross and Company of St Helens, England, delivered three 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 0-6-6-0T double boilered locomotives as knocked down kits to the Queensland Railways' North Ipswich Railway Workshops.

One was assembled coming in six tons overweight. After operating two trials on the line to Toowoomba, where it spread the rails and ultimately derailed, Queensland Railways refused to accept them. After four years in storage, they were repatriated to England and converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). Two were sold to the Central Argentine Railway for use at Montevideo, while the third was sold to the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway in Wales and named Victoria.