Australian Iron & Steel 0-4-0ST No. 'Possum'
Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia 		Location: Eskbank House Museum
Status: Display
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Posted: Mar 29, 2015 @ 23:03:27 by Robert Alexander
Weight in steam = 42 tons; Driving Wh. = 44"; T.E.@80% = 20,107 lbs.; Boiler Press.= 180 psi; Cylinders= 16"x 24"; Fuel: Coal 1.25 tons; Water= 1,000 gallons (Imp.). Tons = long tons (2240 lbs)
Posted: Jun 4, 2014 @ 03:06:35 by Robin R Beck
New to Vickers Ltd, Barrow in Furness, UK and named Cyclops. With a slump in ship building after the First World War it was sold, arriving in Australia 1919 to work for G&C Hoskins Ironworks at Lithgow NSW. In 1928 transferred to AIS Port Kembla and worked till 1968. Donated in 1969 to Lithgow District Historical Society. Now on display in the grounds of Eskbank House Museum. This is the only surviving locomotive from the once large railway system at Vickers shipyard in Barrow.