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=== Drawings[edit | edit source] ===
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=== X10 Locomotive Timeline ===
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|Mid 1950  
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|Built by Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, England fitted with English Electric 6SRKT Mk. 1.
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|-
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|1/12/1950
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|Arrived Kings Pier, Hobart on ship; "Imperial Star"
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|-
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|8/3/1951
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|Entered service painted TGR green
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|-
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|December 1955
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|Repainted red.
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|-
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|1977
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|Repainted to yellow / black from red (last 'X' class in red).
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|-
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|9/6/1988
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|Withdrawn from service in Hobart. (Closing mileage: 2,386,017 kms.)
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|-
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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)
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|-
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|28/8/1988
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|Written off & sold to Tasmanian Locomotive Co.
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|-
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|28/10/1988
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|Delivered to T.L.Co. at Cadburys.
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|-
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|1/1/1989
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|Returned to service by T.L.Co.
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|-
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|1990
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|'''Sold to Derwent Valley Railway.'''
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|-
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|17/12/1993
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|Penultimate train on the Cadburys Branch (with X18). DVR transfer to New Norfolk.
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|}
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=== Photographs ===
 
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|[[File:210529 1999 Dennis DVR booklet 3 X10+X18 DVL post 1995 photo Dennis Hewitt.jpg|frameless]]
 
|[[File:210529 1999 Dennis DVR booklet 3 X10+X18 DVL post 1995 photo Dennis Hewitt.jpg|frameless]]

Revision as of 12:41, 13 June 2022

Linked files about Locomotive X10

Contents

X10 Locomotive Timeline

Mid 1950   Built by Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, England fitted with English Electric 6SRKT Mk. 1.
1/12/1950 Arrived Kings Pier, Hobart on ship; "Imperial Star"
8/3/1951 Entered service painted TGR green
December 1955 Repainted red.
1977 Repainted to yellow / black from red (last 'X' class in red).
9/6/1988 Withdrawn from service in Hobart. (Closing mileage: 2,386,017 kms.)
24/8/1988 Ran north on the final vacuum braked train to Launceston (with Y7 and X18)
28/8/1988 Written off & sold to Tasmanian Locomotive Co.
28/10/1988 Delivered to T.L.Co. at Cadburys.
1/1/1989 Returned to service by T.L.Co.
1990 Sold to Derwent Valley Railway.
17/12/1993 Penultimate train on the Cadburys Branch (with X18). DVR transfer to New Norfolk.

Drawings

X Class Engine.jpg

Photographs

210529 1999 Dennis DVR booklet 3 X10+X18 DVL post 1995 photo Dennis Hewitt.jpg
210529 1999 Dennis DVR booklet 4 spirit of Oatlands X10+X18 Colebrook to Rhyndaston photo Dennis Hewitt.jpg
210529 1999 Dennis DVR booklet 7 X10 Parratah photo Dennis Hewitt.jpg

Other

Appendix 2.jpg


Wikipedia Page for X Class Locomotives in Tasmania:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Government_Railways_X_class