X1040

TypeLocomotive
Other NumbersF368, Lo26, AIS 2
Wheel Arrangement2-4-0T
Weight38.5 tons
Boiler Pressure140 psi
Tractive Effort9,089 lbs
Driving Wheels5'1''
Cylinders (Bore x Stroke)13 x 22
Entered Traffic1/7/1887
Withdrawn1929
Distance Run439,198 km
FateScrapped
BuilderHenry Vale
Builders Number41
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.

Sold to Bulli Colliary 1929. It became number 2 on the Australian Iron and Steel roster. In 1938 it received an overhaul using parts from 1032.

Chronology

1/1/1917Allotted to Hamilton

Photos

Roundhouse October 1980 has a photo of 1040 (as 368) bunker first hauling a load of refrigerator vans around 1895.

Steam on the Illawarra has a photo of 1040 as AIS number 2 at Bulli crossing on 16th July 1938.
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