X1033

Type	Locomotive
Other Numbers	F355, 355X, Lo21
Wheel Arrangement	2-4-0T
Boiler Pressure	140 psi
Tractive Effort	9,089 lbs
Driving Wheels	5'1''
Cylinders (Bore x Stroke)	13 x 22
Entered Traffic	18/12/1885
Withdrawn	March 1967
Distance Run	510,434 km
Fate	Preserved, NSW Rail Transport Museum
Builder	Beyer Peacock
Builders Number	2661

Based on a design used on the Isle of Wight railway these 18 locomotives were purchased for suburban passenger service but a serious accident saw them banned from this work. Withdrawals commenced in 1905. 10 members of the class survived to the 1924 renumbering.

1033 was hired to Public Works Department for shunting at Port Kembla in August 1947, returning to the Railway Department in 1951, being used as a steam source at Eveleigh before comming into the possession of the NSWRTM.

1033 was used on some tours, notably a tour to Richmond for the Blacktown Centenary on 9/7/1960, double heading with 1210.

Chronology

1/1/40	Allotted to Goulburn
9/7/60	Used on Tour to Richmond
?/11/61	Noted at Eveleigh Workshops
1/7/63	Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops
1/7/64	Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops
1/7/65	Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops
1/7/66	Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops
1/7/67	Stored for Rail Transport Museum at Enfield
1/7/68	Allotted to Rail Transport Museum
1/7/69	Allotted to Rail Transport Museum

Photos

Photo at top of page was taken by the author at Thirlemere in 19??.

McNicol page 7 has a photo of 1033 at Thirlemere taken 13th May 1976.

Grunbach page 260 has a photo of 1033 hauling a tour with the late C.A. Cardew leaning out from the footplate.

Eardley1 (both editions) has a photo of 1033 at Eveleigh just after an overhaul, the forward mounted injector used for boiler testing and auxiliiary steam supply clearly visible.

Oberg has a photo of 1033 generating steam at Eveleigh in June 1962

Essays in Steam has a closer view of 1033 in the same spot as Oberg (not same photo). This photo also in NSWGR in Steam .

Anderson also has another slightly different photo of 1033 on boiler testing work at Eveleigh.

Railway Album No5 page 27 has a rear on shot of 1033 pushing 1022 into the large erecting shop at Eveleigh in November 1961.

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