X1042

TypeLocomotive
Other NumbersF365, Lo28
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 Traffic6/5/1887
Withdrawn31/1/73
Distance Run401,359 km
FateStuffed & mounted
BuilderHenry Vale
Builders Number38
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.

In September 1912, 1042 was fitted with a bunker mounted coaling crane, which was removed January 1937, running sans bunker for nine months after which it became the Cardiff workshops shunter. It continued in this role until the mid 70's when it was stuffed and mounted outside the works. It remained there until the works closed, being moved to a park in Maitland.

Chronology

?/9/12Bunker mounted crane fitted.
?/1/37Crane removed.
?/10/37New bunker fitted
1/1/40Allotted to Enfield
?/12/42Transferred to Cardiff
1/7/64Allotted to Cardiff Workshops
1/7/65Allotted to Cardiff Workshops
1/7/66Allotted to Cardiff Shops
1/7/67Allotted to Cardiff Shops
1/7/68Allotted to Cardiff Workshops
1/7/69Allotted to Cardiff Workshops
1/7/70Allotted to Cardiff Workshops
1/7/70Under repair at Broadmeadow
1/7/71Allotted to Cardiff Workshops
1/1/72Allotted to Cardiff Workshops
1/7/72Allotted to Cardiff Workshops
?/2/73Failed Boiler Examination
1/7/73Allotted to Cardiff Workshops

Photos

Photo at top of page was taken by the author at Cardiff in 197?

Railway Digest September 1993 has a photo of 1042 stuffed & mounted at Cardiff.

Railway Digest February 1994 has a photo of 1042 hauling 4808 at Cardiff in 1975

Railway Digest March 1995 has a photo of 1042 stuffed and mounted in a park at High Street Maitland.

Grunbach page 86 has a photo of 1042 at Cardiff.

Essays in Steam pages 82-91 have 5 photos of 1042 at Cardiff. The first shows it sitting in the yard behind 1047. The second shows 1042 reuniting 3813 with its tender prior to the Western Endeavour tour. The third photo shows 1042 taking 4808 to the load box. The final two photos on page 91 show 1042 freshly painted in October 1968 and stuffed and mounted at Cardiff. The first two photos also appear in NSWGR in Steam .

ARHS Bulletin March 1978 has another view of 1042 taking 4808 to the Cardiff loadbo after overhaul.

Newcastle's Steam Finale page 61 has a photo of 1042 stuffed and mounted at Cardiff, taken on 12th May 1976.

A Great Place to Work has the photo of 1042 with 3813, and the one of it with 4808 at the Cardiff loadbox. Also a photo of 1042 and 1068 undergoing a boiler washout. Also a photo of a Cardiff workshops employees reunion in 1993 with 1042 on its plynth as backdrop.

Roundhouse July 1982 has a photo of 1042 in steam inside the Cardiff workshops building in January 1973.

ARHS Bulletin July 1998 has a photo of 1042 with its coaling crane. No date or location given.
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