The Queensland Railways Beyer-Garratt class locomotive was a class of 4-8-2+2-8-4 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways. A Garratt (also known as Beyer-Garratt) is a type of steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts.

A Garratt locomotive is a type of articulated steam locomotive invented by British engineer Herbert William Garratt that is articulated into three parts. [1] Its boiler, firebox, and cab are mounted on a centre frame or "bridge".

They had a number of unique features (for QR steam engines) including Ajax air operated butterfly fire doors, Hadfield power reversers, speedometers and also flow meters; the latter being fitted to the class in 1955.The outer bogies and inner trucks had roller bearings but the coupled axles has plain bearings.

These controversial engines were designed and constructed under auspices of Commonwealth Land Transport Board for use on all Australian 3’6″ gauge railways to assist with heavy traffic during World War 2. Despite having an axle load of 8.5 tons, their overall weight restricted them to main lines in Queensland.

May 30, 2008 · QR Queensland Rail restored this locomotive back to operational standard and this video is the first revenue service after restoration...more.

After a restoration effort by Queensland Rail at North Ipswich Workshops and the Redbank Workshops, Beyer-Garratt 1009 was officially recommissioned into the QR Heritage Fleet on 7 April 1995 at the North Ipswich Workshops.

Nov 15, 2019 · The Beyer Garratt’s – the largest steam engines to ever run in Queensland – arrived in the early 1950s from Britain and France. Painted crimson and measuring 27.4 meters long they found work on all sorts of trains but were banned from the Toowoomba range due to the excessive heat they generated in the tunnels on that line.

The Australian Standard Garratt (ASG) was a Garratt articulated steam locomotive designed and built in Australia during World War II for use on the 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge railway systems owned by the Australian states of Queensland, South …

Oct 8, 2021 · Of typical Beyer-Garratt appearance, the class had Timken roller bearings on the inner trucks and outer bogies and Ajax air-operated butterfly fire doors. These latter earned a special note in the operating manual.

Sep 26, 2012 · With barely half the tractive effort oomph of the NSWR AD60, the QR Beyer Garratt class were still he most powerful steam on the Queensland system. Of the 30 units, only 1009 exists...