X1083 Crane Locomotive @ Technology Park, Redfern, NSW, Australia 2010
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Uploaded by TrainSpotterX on Jul 19, 2010
Tuesday 20th of July 2010
The last of 8 similar cranes and the last member of the 10class. The other identical cranes being: 1051 1052 1066 1067 1068 1069 1082 Unlike the earlier crane locomotives which lifted my means of a winch, these locomotives are luffing cranes which lift by raising the long (21' 9'') jib by means of a steam cylinder. The jib can also be rotated under power. Interesting features of this class are the hole through the jib to permit the smoke to escape when the jib is in the full forward position, and the sloping top to the steam chests. Some of these cranes were fitted with turbo generators for use with electromagnets for lifting scrap.
The success of this design is shown by the repeat orders for identical cranes over a long period. The first crane 1051 was ordered in 1914, and 1083 the last in 1950!
1083 must be one of the last steam locomotives to see service with the NSWGR having lasted long after all the main line engines were gone. In 1996 it was stuffed and mounted at what is now the Advanced Technology Park formerly the Engine Shops of Eveleigh Workshops and providing a contrast with the high technology now being developed there (will any of these inventions still be in production unchanged after 46 years?).
Type Crane Locomotive
Other Numbers
Wheel Arrangement 0-4-0T
Boiler Pressure 190 psi
Tractive Effort 14,900 lbs
Cylinders (Bore x Stroke) 14 x 20
Entered Traffic 9/2/1950
Withdrawn
Fate Stuffed & Mounted at Eveleigh
Builder Stephenson Hawthorn
Builders Number 7543
Lifting Capacity 7 tons
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@TrainSpotterX Mate, theres no Question, its a beaut, i wanna look into a career of driving trains :D
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definetly unique, great video :)
TheDemonicVampiro 1 year ago
It's a bloody ripper of a loco I reckon.
TrainSpotterX 1 year ago