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HOn30 E M Baldwin Bo-Bo Sugar cane locomotive by Lyndon’s Trains. Price $200 plus postage. www.lyndonstrains.com/ collections/cane-trains

I have to admit that I am not an expert on Queensland sugar mill tramway operations or their equipment. In my research regarding E M Baldwin and their locomotives, I used the book A guide to Australian Locomotives

(2009 edition) published by the Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales.

It would appear that E M Baldwin started as a “backyard operation” in Castle Hill in Sydney. They had a reputation for accomplishing work that other builders were reluctant to take on. The first locomotive they built for Queensland sugar mill tramways was for South Johnston Mill in 1960 and they continued supplying the market until 1983, when they built their last locomotive (TULLY 7) for the Tully Mill.

The model

The kit is based on E M Baldwin’s B-B diesel hydraulic locomotives that were built for numerous sugar cane tramways over the years up to the mid 1970s.

The kit was supplied in a zip lock plastic bag that contained:

• Three pages of instructions

• A modified N scale SW9 chassis

• Brass wire and etchings for handrails

• A decal