Is there a model of this locomotive?

[Dillon_Trinh]

Just a curious question.

[chrisjo]

It's a picture of the 610 mm gauge Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 steam locomotive 'Homebush' used by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company at their sugar mills in Queensland, Australia. There are a number of these locos in preservation, here's another:

[Super]

Love the looks of that Bally Hooley and its a wood burner. Must be a really small set of wheels as you can't even see them.

[Dillon_Trinh]

Love the looks of that Bally Hooley and its a wood burner. Must be a really small set of wheels as you can't even see them.

It's a coal burner....

[Super]

I was going by what I saw in the Tender...isn't that wood planks?

[Dillon_Trinh]

Most of these locos are coal or oil firing, but I think the wood is used for starting the fire.

[chrisjo]

One source I've found, admittedly not referring to these specific individual locos, says that:

"Originally the locomotives did not have tenders but after a period in use they were provided to carry bagasse (crushed residues of the cane) as fuel for the boiler."

I haven't found any models of Sugar Cane Railway steamers yet, but while searching I did stumble across these, which might be of passing interest to Muddy.


 
UPDATE: check out this modelling link!

[Super]

"crushed residues of the cane) as fuel for the boiler."

Well thats a very efficient and cost saving way to get rid of waste and power the engine.


WooHoo!!!! A Tully Railroad

[Dillon_Trinh]

We're getting a little bit off topic in my opinion.
But most of Australian sugar cane steam locomotives used mostly coal or oil, never crushed sugar cane.

[Super]

Its your topic Dillon, work it the way you want.

[Dillon_Trinh]

I appreciated the conversations(I really do), but I wanted to see if the model railway people on this forum to see if there's any models on this locomotive.

[chrisjo]

Well if there were, one would surely expect to find them on the link I posted above.

[Dillon_Trinh]

Thanks I check.