About the 10 Class

The X10 class are a mixed bag of "leftover" locomotives that was created at the 1924 renumbering of the NSWGR locofleet. As well as conventional steam locomotives it included a number of other items such as crane locomotives, breakdown cranes, vertical boilered cranes, coal grabs etc. The 10 class are the great survivors, there are still 10 class on the books and some of the steam members were still steaming into the 1990's. It was the only class to contain both steam & diesel members and some were even converted from steam to diesel. The 10 class are the "most preserved" of all NSWGR locomotive classifications.

About this project.

What I am trying to do here is to build the definitive reference on this class. Publishing on the Internet was chosen as the media because its what I know and it enables everyone to see the work in progress and contribute material. If published conventionaly it would be another 20 years or so before anyone could see it. Please remember that material published on the net is subject to copyright just like printed matter. Links to the pages are welcome. Links to my own photographs are ok also. Please ask before using any of the work by other photographers.

So far most of the material has been gleaned from published works, very few of which were about the 10 class themselves but it is amazing how often they crop up.

The photos on this page show the variety of this class. The top photo shows 1083 "stuffed & mounted" at the Australian Technology Park.

The lower photo shows 1081 a 50 ton steam accident crane at Werris Creek in 1989. 1081 was then in active service it is now preserved..

The X10 pages.

Here they are arranged according to type. For the purposes of this table I have classified a locomotive as a crane tank only if it was designed that way. Bunker mount conversions have been classified as ordinary locomotives and marked with an asterisk.

Tender Locomotives	1002	1003	1004	1005	1006	1007	1008
	1009	1010	1011	1012	1013	1014	1015
	1016	1017	1018	1019	1020
Tank Locomotives	1001	1021	1022	1023	1025*	1026*	1027*
	1028*	1029*	1031	1032	1033	1035	1036
	1037	1039	1040	1041	1042	1043	1076*
	1077*	1078*
Crane Tanks	1030	1034	1038	1046	1047	1051	1052
	1066	1067	1068	1069	1082	1083
Accident Cranes	1048	1049	1050	1055	1056	1060b	1072
	1073	1080	1081
Small Steam Cranes & Grabs	1045	1053	1057	1058	1059	1060a	1061
	1062	1063	1064	1070	1071	1074	1075
Miscelaneous
	1024	2ft gauge loco
	1054	steam shovel
	1065	petrol loco
	1079	diesel electric crane
Preserved	1004	1021	1022	1024	1033	1034	1042
	1048	1050	1052	1055	1057	1059	1061
	1064	1067	1068	1070	1073	1075	1076*
	1077*	1080	1081	1082	1083
"On Books"	1056	1060b	1072

And arranged by number.

1001	1002	1003	1004	1005	1006	1007	1008	1009	1010
1011	1012	1013	1014	1015	1016	1017	1018	1019	1020
1021	1022	1023	1024	1025	1026	1027	1028	1029	1030
1031	1032	1033	1034	1035	1036	1037	1038	1039	1040
1041	1042	1043	1044	1045	1046	1047	1048	1049	1050
1051	1052	1053	1054	1055	1056	1057	1058	1059	1060
1061	1062	1063	1064	1065	1066	1067	1068	1069	1070
1071	1072	1073	1074	1075	1076	1077	1078	1079	1080
1081	1082	1083

How you can help

I am interested in any material on the 10 class that can be added to these pages: missing facts, incidents, anecdotes, oral history, photos. All contributed material will be acknowledged on the pages. I can arrange scanning of both prints and slides.

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