Historical information

Malcolm Moore No. 1013
Four wheel Diesel Rail Tractor Gauge 2'0"
Malcolm Moore rail tractor (Builder’s Number 1013)
It was built for the Australian Army in 1943. It was sold to the Inkerman Sugar Mill in Queensland around 1948 for hauling cane and shunting at the works.
This rail tractor was originally powered by a Ford side valve V8 petrol engine.
It was purchased from the Inkerman Mill of Pioneer Sugar Mills in 1982.

Significance

Historic - Industrial narrow gauge Railway - Diesel Rail Tractor - used by the Australian Army and Inkerman Sugar Mill in Queensland

Physical description

Diesel Rail Tractor made of iron and wrought iron