This locomotive is one of six built by R & W Hawthorn , Leslie & Company in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was built in 1924 for the New South Wales Government Railway (NSWGR) where it was given the number LO 11.
These locomotives were used for all types of lifting jobs at railway workshops and depots, for permanent way renewals and construction, and for erection and dismantling of overhead structures and signal bridges. They were also employed for handling scrap materials in reclamation depots and maintenance materials in permanent way stores, for which duty they were sometimes equipped with clamshell buckets and electro-magnets for handling heavy items such as fishplates.
The crane was capable of lifting loads of up to 7 tons and rotating 360 degrees.
In 1924 as part of the NSWGR reclassification of locomotives it was renumbered as 1052 and included in the X10 class. The X10 class included a number of different types of engines including small 0-4-0 and 2-4-0 tank locomotives. All types of duplicates, yard and depot locomotives, crane locomotives and accident cranes and special equipment were classified as the X10 class. Many were purchased from other government agencies and private lines. As such, this was an extremely diverse group of locomotives.
The locomotive remained in service with the NSWGR until the May 1975 after which it was stored at the Cardiff Workshops at Newcastle until it was sold to the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum.
The Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum in Dorrigo is a large, privately owned collection of railway vehicles and equipment. The museum was opened very briefly in 1986 but has not been open to the public ever since. The locomotive is stored at the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum.
This is one of three members of the original six locomotives which have been preserved.
The other two are.
- 1052 Works No 3035
- 1067 Works No 3564
The locomotives built in 1950 are.
- 1082 Works No 7542
- 1083 Works No 7543
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