No.7 The Decauville
The Decauville - the rebuild almost complete - Winter 2006
Derek Smith has put together a Gallery of Photographs following the Decauville's rebuild, click here to view.
The Decauville - before leaving Australia
A 0-4-2 side tank built by Societe Nouvelle des Etablissment Decauville-Aine, Corbeil, France in 1897 (works no. 246) and exported to Australia where it worked at Frederick Buss' Invicta Mill, Avondale, Queensland. In 1918 it was sold to Millaquin Mill, Bundaberg, Queensland. Sometime later it was transferred to Qunaba Mill, Bundaberg where it was known as 'Frenchy'. In 1963 it was sold to a Tod Watson who lent or hired it to a private railway in Canberra. In 1996 it joined the stock of the BWLR.
Decauville No. 246 during her working days in Australia.
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