Locomotive X10 Gallery
Locomotive X10 Timeline
| Mid 1950
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Built by Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, England fitted with English Electric 6SRKT Mk. 1.1
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| 1/12/1950
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Arrived Kings Pier, Hobart on ship; "Imperial Star".1
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| 8/3/1951
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Entered service painted TGR green.1
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| December 1955
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Repainted red.1
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| 1977
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Repainted to yellow / black from red (last 'X' class in red).1
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| 9/6/1988
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Withdrawn from service in Hobart. (Closing mileage: 2,386,017 kms.)1
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| 24/8/1988
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Ran north on the final vacuum braked train to Launceston (with Y7 and X18)1
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| 28/8/1988
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Written off & sold to Tasmanian Locomotive Co.1
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| 28/10/1988
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Delivered to Tasmanian Locomotive Co. at Cadburys.1
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| 1/1/1989
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Returned to service by Tasmanian Locomotive Co.1
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| 1990
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Sold to Derwent Valley Railway.1
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| 17/12/1993
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Penultimate train on the Cadburys Branch Line (with X18). DVR transfer to New Norfolk.1
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References:
- Stephen Zvillis 2021
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Drawings
Other
Wikipedia Page for X Class Locomotives in Tasmania:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Government_Railways_X_class
