Ipswich Railway Workshops

The North Ipswich workshops were Queensland's first railway workshops, set up in 1864. They turned out their first loco, an A10, in 1877 and went on to build 218 steam locos, the last of them DD17s in 1952. Queensland Rail still runs the heritage-listed site.

Based in North Ipswich, Qld.

History

  1. 1864

    Established at North Ipswich, Queensland's first railway workshops.

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  2. 1877

    First locomotive built, an A10.

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  3. 1958

    Redbank opened, and work began moving across over the next 25 years.

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Locomotives

Class Built at Number Years Notes
QGR/Stephenson-Hawthorns/Walkers - DL ClassDL11939

Steam locomotives

Counted from the class rosters, so only engines that ran in Queensland are included.

Class Number Years
B12 - Originally E Class21878
4D10 - Ipswich Class31884–1885
C16 Class511903–1917
6D13½ later B13½ Class61904
B17 Class211911–1914
C18 later CC19 Class31914
B16½ Class11918
C17 Class161920–1938
C19 Class201922–1927
PB15 Class11924
6D17 later D17 Class201925–1942
B18¼ Class591926–1943
DD17 Class121948–1952

References

'North Ipswich Railway Workshops', Wikipedia (accessed October 2026)
'Builders of Steam Locomotives that were in service during 20th Century', Mike Quirk, 2006
'Redbank Railway Workshops', Wikipedia (accessed October 2026)