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The Return of Steam Locomotive C17, No.45 (SP-9011)

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Product No.: SP-9011
Title: Tulloch: The Return of Steam Locomotive C17, No.45
Author(s): Stark, John R.
Illustrator(s): N/A
Publisher: The Degener Timms Publications
ISBN: 095861381
Condition: New
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket: New
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Year: 2000

120 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos.

No 45: A Class C17 locomotive, it was built by Evans Anderson Phelan in Brisbane in 1923. These locos were delivered from the factory at Kangaroo Point, travelling down Main Street to the railway yards at Wooloongabba using portable sections of track. The short sections of track were moved as the locomotives, in pairs, progressed down the street. After being withdrawn from service, this loco stood in Tozer Park in Gympie.

In 1982 the Gympie Apex Club arranged for it to be moved to the Gympie Historical Society Museum where it was restored to steam in 1992 by members of the museum. On the formation of the Mary Valley Heritage Railway in 1996, No 45 was placed on loan to the MVHR and transferred to their workshop where restoration to full running order was completed. Thus No 45 became the original Valley Rattler, hauling the first train on 23rd May 1998.