| Weight | 34 tons 10cwt |
| Driving Wheels | 3ft 3in |
| Boiler Pressure | 140psi |
| Cylinders | Outside – 14¼in x 20in |
| Tractive Effort | 12,154lbf |
This locomotive was built by Beyer Peacock Company at Gorton, Manchester in 1891 and supplied to the Broken Hill Proprietary Co (BHP).
It was built as a tank engine design of the SAR and Silverton Tramway class Y 2-6-0 locomotives.
The locomotive was initially employed at Broken Hill but was found to be too heavy so a temporary exchange was made with a South Australian Railways (SAR) V class locomotive. The Y class tank engine was thus worked to Port Pirie on the SAR.
After BHP tool possession of a more suitable locomotive which had been purchased from Nasmyth Wilson to work at at Broken Hill they asked the SAR for the return of the Y class tank engine. 3357 arrived back at Brocken Hill in May 1893.
Now carrying the No 6 and was hired to the Silverton Tramway.
When BHP took over the operations of British Broken Hill Pty Ltd and Block 14 they recalled the locomotive back from the Silverton Tramway. The locomotive then acquired the No2.
It was the principle motive power then until replaced by two Baldwin 4-6-0 locomotives in 1914 which were required due to the expansion in traffic to feed the new steelworks at Newcastle.
The BHP operation at Whyalla later expanded to include a blast furnace and steel mill complex.
In 1963 the BHP Whyalla steelworks railway was converted to standard-gauge (4ft 8½in) when linked to the national standard-gauge network. The iron ore railway to the mines remained at 3′ 6″ gauge.
The locomotive was initially preserved on the beachfront at Whyalla but deteriorated rapidly in the moist salty air.
In 1983 it was relocated to the Mt Laura Homestead Museum in Whyalla.
Preserved British Steam Locomotives 