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Just a curious question.

It's a picture of the 610 mm gauge Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 steam locomotive 'Homebush' used by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company at their sugar mills in Queensland, Australia. There are a number of these locos in preservation, here's another:

Love the looks of that Bally Hooley and its a wood burner. Must be a really small set of wheels as you can't even see them.

(01-07-2021, 08:23 PM)Super Wrote: [ -> ]Love the looks of that Bally Hooley and its a wood burner. Must be a really small set of wheels as you can't even see them.

It's a coal burner....

I was going by what I saw in the Tender...isn't that wood planks?

Most of these locos are coal or oil firing, but I think the wood is used for starting the fire.

One source I've found, admittedly not referring to these specific individual locos, says that:

"Originally the locomotives did not have tenders but after a period in use they were provided to carry bagasse (crushed residues of the cane) as fuel for the boiler."

I haven't found any models of Sugar Cane Railway steamers yet, but while searching I did stumble across these, which might be of passing interest to Muddy.


 
UPDATE: check out this modelling link!

(01-08-2021, 07:38 PM)chrisjo Wrote: [ -> ]"crushed residues of the cane) as fuel for the boiler."

Well thats a very efficient and cost saving way to get rid of waste and power the engine.


WooHoo!!!! A Tully Railroad

We're getting a little bit off topic in my opinion.
But most of Australian sugar cane steam locomotives used mostly coal or oil, never crushed sugar cane.

Its your topic Dillon, work it the way you want.