Preserved Steam Road Engines in Australia, 2017
- West Coast Wilderness Railway and West Coast Heritage Centre, Zeehan in Tasmania
- Don River Railway and the Redwater Creek Railway in Tasmania
- Launceston Tramway Museum and the Beaconsfield Mine and Heritage Centre in Tasmania
- Melbourne Area Attractions in Victoria
- Perth Area Attractions in Western Australia
This report covers the various steam road engines seen:
Victoria
National Steam Centre at Scrawsby
These are some of the exhibits at Scrawsby, a most impressive set: The first one is Fowler Z7 ploughing engine 15500, the drum is just visible under the boiler.
The second engine is a Ruston Proctor colonial engine.
Tasmania
Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre
The Centre has a collection of road steam engines (search https://ehive.com/collections/4899/beaconsfield-mine-and-heritage-centre).
This traction engine is from Frick, Waynesboro PA, USA https://ehive.com/collections/4899/objects/281009/traction-engine-steam (note place is wrongly spelt on the website).
This is a Marshall portable, I would not place any reliance on the number! The style is of a much later date than the number implies.
This a Clayton and Shuttleworth portable said to be 12hp of 1887:
This Marshall traction engine is inaccessible as the ground is subsiding and unsafe:
Redwater Creek Railway at Sheffield
There is a collection of road steam engines in a shed here.
This is a superheated McLaren traction engine (1253/:
Burrell single crank compound traction engine (3010)
Two Marshall traction engines, a Hornsby oil engine and an unidentified small traction engine.
Finally, the unique local Salisbury Foundry and Engineers (Launcestion, Tasmania) steam roller of 1910.
