| Driving Wheels | 3ft 0ins |
| Cylinders | Outside – 10in x 14in |
Vulcan Foundry built three as a sub contractor to the Fairlie Engine Company. They were designated as class A10 locomotives with the A representing that they had two driving axles and the 10 the cylinder diameter. As there were other locomotives that were also classed as A10 they were categorised as the Fairlie A10 locomotives as they were ordered via Fairlie but were not Fairlie articulated locomotives.
The locomotives were delivered to the Central Railway at Rockhampton in late 1877 and entered service in March 1881 as numbers 8 to 10.
Between May 1888 and June 1890, the three locomotives were transferred to the Normanton Railway and renumbered – 8 became 1, 9 became 3 and 10 became 2. Later in 1890 the locomotives were integrated into the Queensland Railways numbering system as 202-204.
In 1895 two of the locomotives were condemned. The boiler of 203 was removed from the locomotives frames and sent to the Clarina pump where it remans derelict. The boiler from 204 was scrapped in 1905 but the wheels and frame remained at Normanton. It has been stated that the locomotives were not scrapped because of the isolation of the Normanton Railway.
This locomotive (202) which was Vulcan Foundry works number was Fairlie Engine Company works number 602. It was sold in 1906 to the Pioneer Mill near Croydon.
Gold was discovered at Croydon in 1885 and three crushing plants were erected before the end of 1886 which treated 383 tons for 1,041 ounces of gold. By 1900 prodigious amounts of gold were being produced but the profitability was in decline. Despite, extensive efforts to secure new payable lodes, it was the lack of success of deep exploration that spelled the end of mining at Croydon. Gold production declined during the years leading up to First World War and by 1915 most mining activities had ceased.
The locomotive was last used at the gold ore crushing mill around 1915 after which it lay derelict at the Pioneer Mill until 1984. By 1984 the firebox inner and outer and all of the non-ferrous parts had been removed.
In 1984 the remains of the locomotive were moved to a park in Croydon and then in 1991 to Croydon station. The locomotive is now owned by Croydon Shire Council and newspaper reports in 2006 stated that a project had started to restore it which may involve the use of parts from classmate 203.
One other Fairlie class A10 locomotive has been preserved. There are still parts of 203 (works number 803) but not enough to call it a locomotive.
• 204 Works No 804
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