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| Type | Crane Locomotive |
| Other Numbers | Lo01, Shop-115 |
| Wheel Arrangement | 0-4-0T |
| Boiler Pressure | 140 psi |
| Tractive Effort | 6,050 lbs |
| Cylinders (Bore x Stroke) | 12 x 22 |
| Driving Wheels | 37'' |
| Entered Traffic | 1886 |
| Withdrawn | January 1966 |
| Fate | Scrapped 16/9/66 |
| Builder | Dubbs |
| Builders Number | 2251 |
| Lifting Capacity | 4 tons |
One of the second batch of purpose built crane locomotives, the other being 1034, ordered in 1886. The crane is mounted on a platform above the centre of the boiler, it is manualy rotated and lifts by means of a winch cable. The jib does not luff.
| 1/1/40 | Allotted to Eveleigh |
| 1/7/63 | Allotted to Clyde Workshops |
| 1/7/64 | Allotted to Clyde Workshops |
| 20/9/65 | Transfered from Clyde Reclamation Yard to Eveleigh |
| 1038 was required there to lift the cradles from the ash pits at the Erskineville end of the running sheds, the gantry crane having been removed to make way for Acdep. | |
| 1/7/66 | At Eveleigh Shops for boiler removal |
Railway Digest Sep 1985 has a photo of 1038 at the Clyde Reclamation yard in Sep 1965
Roundhouse April 1992 has a photo of Eveleigh workshops in which 1038 is visible.
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