NSW Wallaby was a steam locomotive seeing service in New South Wales.

Wallaby
Wallaby 0-4-0ST Locomotive
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Hawthorn Leslie and Company Newcastle-on-Tyne Serial number 2988 Build date 1913 Total produced 1
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-4-0ST Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Driver dia. 3 ft 0 in (914 mm) Loco weight 16.75 long tons (17.0 tonnes; 18.8 short tons) Boiler pressure 120 lbf/in2 (0.83 MPa)
Career Operators Hoskins Lithgow Steel Works Withdrawn 19 November 1962 Disposition Static display

History

Wallaby was built for the Hoskin Lithgow Steel Works to serve the No. 2 blast furnace plant in 1913. The locomotive was transferred to Port Kembla by Australian Iron and Steel Ltd. (AIS) in 1932. [1]

In 1933 Wallaby spent a period at South Kembla Colliery before returning to AIS.

Demise and Preservation

Withdrawn from service at Port Kembla on 19 November 1962 "Wallaby" was placed on static display 5 June 1963. The locomotive was donated to the Illawarra Light Railway Museum in December 1979.

References

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Further reading

• Locomotives of Australia, Sydney: Leon Oberg, 2010

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