| Driving Wheels | 3ft 3ins |
| Boiler Pressure | 140psi |
| Cylinders | Outside – 13in x 20in |
| Valve Gear | Stephenson |
This locomotive was built by Dübs and Company in Glasgow in 1883 for Queensland Railways. It was one of 112 locomotives that were initially regarded as the F class but were redesignated in 1890 as the B13 class. The B represented the three driving axles and the 13 the cylinder diameter.
As an early locomotive this one was built with a short wheelbase.
The 112 locomotives were supplied by Dübs and Company (72), Kitson & Company (25) and Phoenix Engine Company of Ipswich, Australia (15) between 1883 and 1895.
The first batch of 19 locomotives (which included this one) were deployed on what was then an isolated section which included the Great Northern Central, the Southern & Western and Maryborough lines.
By the time the final deliveries of locomotives were made in 1895 the isolated sections had been joined to the network.
In the early 1900s most of the locomotives were rebuilt with higher pressure boilers and raised fireboxes.
Between 1913 and 1918 six of the locomotives were sold to the Commonwealth Railways and entered service on the North Australian Railway (Darwin) as the Ng class.
Most of the B13 locomotives were withdrawn from service with the Queensland Railways in the 1920s.
In 1944 the locomotive was purchased by Gibson & Howes to work at their Bingers Mill where it was still working in 1968. In 1969 the locomotive was donated to Queensland Rail.
The locomotive was on static display at the former Redbank Railway Museum from 1970 until 1992. The exhibits at Redbank were moved to the new museum called The Workshops at the Ipswich Railway Workshops.
The locomotive remains stored at The Workshops.
One other British built class B13 locomotives has been preserved – Kitson works number 2894. In addition the boiler of Dübs and Company work s number 2062 has survived .
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