ANGRMS Collection: Airdmillan

ANGRMS Collection: Airdmillan

Background
The directors of John Fowler & Co. decided that steam locomotive would no longer be built after 1935 and that future locomotives offered would be powered by petrol or diesel engines.
Amongst the last few engines built was AIRDMILLAN and 0-6-2T built for the Kalamia Mill, Ayr. It was a more modern type of locomotive than those offered previously and reminiscent of the Bundaberg Fowler design to be offered 15 years later.
The locomotive was named after a local district supplying cane to the Kalamia Mill. It was replaced by diesel locomotives in 1962 and placed on display in the mill grounds.
ANGRMS purchased the locomotive in very poor condition in 1975. It was transported to Rocklea, Brisbane for storage in 1975 and then to the Woodford museum site in 1979. It is expected that the restoration of this locomotive will be a longer-term project and then only to static condition.