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NSW Kiama Fowler

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Power type
  
Steam

Build date
  
1923

Serial number
  
16089

Configuration
  
0-4-0

NSW Kiama Fowler

Builder
  
John Fowler & Co. Leeds, England

Gauge
  
2 feet 0 inches (609.600 mm)

History

Built by the John Fowler plant at Leeds in England in 1923, it was used at the Kiama Quarries for blue metal haulage at the town of Kiama until 1941 when the quarry was shutdown.

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Demise and Preservation

After the Quarry had closed this locomotive was used by a variety of preservation groups until donated to the Illawarra Light Railway Museum on 28 August 1998 and is now awaiting restoration.

References

NSW Kiama Fowler Wikipedia