Queensland B11 class locomotive

Queensland Railways B11 class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Neilson and Company
Serial number	1305-1308
Build date	1867
Total produced	4

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	2-6-0
Gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Fuel type	Coal
Cylinders	2 outside
Cylinder size	11 in × 18 in (279 mm × 457 mm)

Career
Operators	Queensland Railways
Numbers	36, 109-111
Disposition	all scrapped

The Queensland Railways B11 class locomotive was a class of 2-6-0 steam locomotive operated by the Queensland Railways.

History

In 1867, the Neilson and Company, Glasgow delivered four 2-6-0 locomotives to the Queensland Railways Southern & Western Railway. Originally classified as the C class, per Queensland Railway's classification system they were redesignated the B11 class in 1890, B representing that they had three driving axles, and the 11 the cylinder diameter in inches.^[1]

In 1888, three were transferred to Maryborough. The remaining member on the Southern & Western Railway was renumbered no. 36 to allow the B12 class to be consecutively numbered.^[1]

Class list

Works number	Southern & Western Railway number	Maryborough Railway number	Queensland Railways number	Notes
1305	17		36	Written off November 1904
1306	15	4	110	Written off November 1904
1307	16	5	109	Written off November 1904
1308	18	6	111	Written off November 1904

References

^ ^a ^b Armstrong, John (1985). Locomotives in the Tropics Volume 1. Brisbane: Australian Railway Historical Society. pp. 18, 19, 95. ISBN 0 909937 13 3.