Re: The first Aussie-built internal combustion locos?

["Andrew Collier" <andrewc@cashcard.com.au>]

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James,

The Mossman mill Malcolm Moore was alive and well in May 1998 when I saw it
leaving the mill with a works train, carrying the name "Stumpy" and looking
freshly painted.

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: jshugg@westpac.com.au <jshugg@westpac.com.au>
To: Ausloco@listbot.com <Ausloco@listbot.com>
Date: Wednesday, 19 January 2000 3:19
Subject: The first Aussie-built internal combustion locos?


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>Hello all
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>My first post, though I've enjoyed reading the archives for some time.
Hope the
>subject matter here is not too "small-fry".
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>I'm interested in the current status of those 100 or so 4 wheel, 2 foot
(610mm)
>gauge locos built in Melbourne by Malcolm Moore during WW2 (with 4 digit
>builder's numbers 1XXX, Ford V8 petrol motors and chain drive).
>I know the Ida Bay Railway in deep south Tassie had two serviceable models
in
>the early 80s, plus an out of service converted diesel (seized motor).
Anyone
>know current status?
>Up in Queensland on the sugar canefields, in 1993 I recall seeing one at
>Nambour, possibly called "Jack", pretty rough nick but looked serviceable.
And
>in 1994, a very neat example up at Mossman.  I think these might both have
been
>fitted with diesel engines.
>>From their website, I know that ANGRMS have two in their museum and
railway at
>Woodford in Queensland.
>In Victoria, there was one at the Carribean Gardens railway, Scoresby, as
>recently as 1994, and I remember reading about a short private railway at
>Toolern Vale (?) maybe 20 years ago that also had one.  Puffing Billy had
one or
>maybe two (in some disrepair) at Menzies Creek when I was last there in
1992.
>Are there any still left in commercial service around the country?  As they
were
>built in 1943, they must qualify as close to the first internal combustion
>locomotives built in Australia.  Or did another type pre-date them?
>
>Thanx very much
>Cheers... James
>
>
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