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Copyright © 2015 Mini Train Systems Pty Ltd – ABN 58 003 948 392 PO Box 264, Penrith NSW 2751
(02) 4739 0199 – info@minitrains.com.au - www.minitrains.com.au
Australian Agent for Maxitrak
Meet the Locomotives:
PLANET
The named “Planet” locomotives can be
traced back to the Kent Construction and
Engineering Company in the UK. F.C. Hibberd
& Co. began manufacturing this series of
locomotives in 1932. Vast numbers of
locomotives were produced, and were used
in a variety of gauges from 2’ to Broad
Gauge.
At least five Planet locomotives came to Australia. The narrow
gauge versions were sent to Kalgoorlie to work at mines, and
now reside at the Bennet Brook Railway. Three standard-gauge
versions were used in NSW. Two owned by the Water Board,
working on Warragamba Dam, Spit Bridge, and operations at
the Ryde Pumping station, and one for the Maritime Services
shunting at Coffs Harbour. These now reside at the Richmond
Vale Railway Museum, Dorrigo Steam and Railway Museum,
and Lachlan Valley Railway.
The Maxitrak model is based on the 2’ gauge locomotives, and takes
design features from the entire range to produce an attractive
representation of these workhorses, in green, maroon, and yellow.
Ask us to find out more!
Image Sources: Edward Fielding via 0n30 Model
Railroading BlogSpot, West Lancashire Light Railway
website, NaFenn0111 via Wikipedia, Richmond Vale
Railway Museum website.
Standard Gauge Planet operating at the
Richmond Vale Railway Museum in NSW.
Dorman Engine Planet at the Bennet Brook Railway in WA.
Early Kent Construction locomotive
A Planet at the West Lancashire Light Railway
MTS Planet