| 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 remains derelict. The boiler from 204 was scrapped in 1905 but the wheels and frame remained at Normanton.
The remains of this locomotive (204) are at Normanton and is thought to be fitted with the boiler from 202.
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.
• 202 Works No 802
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