Avonside   Works No 1916        2      0-6-0ST     J & A Brown, Australia     Gauge 4ft 8½in

This locomotive was built in 1922 by the Avonside Engine Company at Bristol for J & A Brown to be employed at the Aberman Coal Company.

J & A Brown merged with Abermain Seaham Collieries in 1931 to form J & A Brown Abermain Seaham (JABAS).

The locomotive was later employed as a shunting engine at Hexham until withdrawn from service in 1969. At Hexham the Richmond Vale Railway was joined to the New South Wales Government Railways. Hexham was also where ships were loaded using staiths on the banks of the Hunter River as well as being where the main workshops for JABAS was located.

The locomotive was stored in the engine shed at Hexham until purchased for preservation in 1973. It was the first steam locomotive acquired for preserved at what is now the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum.

The locomotive is currently stored at the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum.

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