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=== Drawing ===
=== Drawing ===

Revision as of 01:15, 18 April 2025

Westerway

Locomotive X10 Timeline

Mid 1950   Built by Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, England fitted with English Electric 6SRKT Mk. 1.1
1/12/1950 Arrived Kings Pier, Hobart on ship; "Imperial Star".1
8/3/1951 Entered service painted TGR green.1
December 1955 Repainted red.1
1977 Repainted to yellow / black from red (last 'X' class in red).1
9/6/1988 Withdrawn from service in Hobart. (Closing mileage: 2,386,017 kms.)1
24/8/1988 Ran north on the final vacuum braked train to Launceston (with Y7 and X18)1
28/8/1988 Written off & sold to Tasmanian Locomotive Co.1
28/10/1988 Delivered to Tasmanian Locomotive Co. at Cadburys.1
1/1/1989 Returned to service by Tasmanian Locomotive Co.1
1990 Sold to Derwent Valley Railway.1
17/12/1993 Penultimate train on the Cadburys Branch Line (with X18). DVR transfer to New Norfolk.1
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References:
  1. Stephen Zvillis 2021

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Drawing



Wikipedia Page for X Class Locomotives in Tasmania:

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