NSW Kiama Fowler

Kiama Fowler
Kiama Fowler 0-4-0 Locomotive
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder John Fowler & Co. Leeds, England Serial number 16089 Build date 1923
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-4-0T Gauge 2 feet 0 inches (609.600 mm) Driver dia. 2 ft 0 in (0.610 m) Loco weight 7.5 long tons (7.6 t) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 4 sq ft (0.37 m2) Boiler pressure 160 lbf/in2 (1.10 MPa) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 8 in × 12 in (200 mm × 300 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 4,096 lbf (18.2 kN)
Career Operators Kiama Quarry Tramway

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.

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.

Further reading

• Locomotives of Australia, Sydney: Leon Oberg, 2010