X1009
| Type | Locomotive
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| Other Numbers | J140
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| Wheel Arrangement | 2-8-0
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| Weight | 75 tons
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| Boiler Pressure | 130 psi
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| Tractive Effort | 20,370 lbs
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| Driving Wheels | 4'0''
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| Cylinders (Bore x Stroke) | 20 x 24
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| Entered Traffic | iSeptember 1879
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| Withdrawn | May 1936
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| Distance Run | 1,010,506 km
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| Fate | Scrapped 26/10/37
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| Builder | Baldwin
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| Builders Number | 4533
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One of the second batch of these locomotives delivered in September
1879, by the ship "Niobe".
Originaly of very american appearance they were rebuilt with
Belpaire fireboxes and conventional chimneys in the early 1900s.
The class spent much of their life as bank engines at Murrurundi and
Penrith and finished their days on Newcastle and Illawarra coal traffic.
All were scrapped between 1927 and 1937. See also 1005.
Notes
1009 allotted to Narrabri West 1/1/1917
1925 allotted to Lismore
December 1925 transfered from Lismore to Taree for Dorrigo line
working.
April 1926 transfered from Taree to Dubbo
Jan 1930, Allotted to Cootamundra but actualy at Enfield being used
for Penrith working.
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