Toowoomba Foundry

Based in Southern Cross Works, Toowoomba, Qld.

History

  1. 1871

    Established by George Washington Griffiths.

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  2. February 1876

    New foundry opened as Griffiths Brothers and Company.

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  3. 4 July 1884

    Floated as the Toowoomba Foundry and Railway Rolling Stock Manufacturing Company.

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  4. 1987

    Owned by the Griffiths family until bought by National Consolidated.

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  5. late 1999

    Southern Cross Windmills bought by Tyco Flow Control Pacific.

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  6. mid-2012

    The old foundry site closed.

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Steam locomotives

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

Class Number Years
PB15 Class201912
C16 Class151914

References

'Builders of Steam Locomotives that were in service during 20th Century', Mike Quirk, 2006
'Toowoomba Foundry', Wikipedia (accessed October 2026)