X10

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Linked files about Locomotive X10

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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9/6/1988 Withdrawn from service in Hobart.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

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Wikipedia Page for X Class Locomotives in Tasmania:

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