Power type Steam Build date 1913 Configuration 0-4-0ST | Serial number 2988 Total produced 1 | |
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Builder Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Newcastle-on-Tyne | ||
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.
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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Withdrawn from service at Port Kembla on 19 November 1962 "Wallaby" was placed on static display 5 June 1963.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 I December 1979.
References
NSW Wallaby Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA