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=== Drawings[edit | edit source] ===
=== X10 Locomotive Timeline ===
{| class="wikitable"
|Mid 1950  
|Built by Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, England fitted with English Electric 6SRKT Mk. 1.
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|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|Withdrawn from service in Hobart.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.
|}
 
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=== Photographs[edit | edit source] ===
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|[[File:210529 1999 Dennis DVR booklet 3 X10+X18 DVL post 1995 photo Dennis Hewitt.jpg|frameless]]
|[[File:210529 1999 Dennis DVR booklet 3 X10+X18 DVL post 1995 photo Dennis Hewitt.jpg|frameless]]

Revision as of 12:41, 13 June 2022

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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9/6/1988 Withdrawn from service in Hobart.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.

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Photographs

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Wikipedia Page for X Class Locomotives in Tasmania:

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