This locomotive was built by John Fowler in Leeds in 1907 and delivered to the Invicta Mill which was originally located on the Kolan River in the Bundaberg area.
In 1918 the Invicta Mill was dismantled and moved to Giru in the north of the state. Invicta along with other railway assets stayed in the Bundaberg area after being sold to the Bingera Mill.
The Bingera Mill started operating in the late 1880s and received cane from a wide area using 160 kilometres of railway that the company owned.
In the early 1960s the locomotive was sold to the Millaquin Sugar Company for use at their Qunaba Mill near Mon Repos. The locomotive remained in service there until 1978.
In 1981 the locomotive was donated to the HMAS Nirimba Navy Training College at Quakers Hill Sydney.
In November 1993 the locomotive was transferred to the custody of the Bundaberg Steam Tramway Preservation Society (BSTPS).
The locomotive was initially stored in the BSTPS running shed in the Bundaberg Botanical Gardens for 10 years until restoration started in 2003. It steamed again in November 2007 on the organisations tourist tramway at the age of 100.
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