X1049

TypeAccident Crane
Other NumbersLo08
Wheel ArrangementT-T-D-D-T
Boiler Pressure
Tractive Effort
Cylinders (Bore x Stroke)
Entered TrafficMarch 1912
Withdrawn
FateScrapped 18/5/1970
BuilderCraven Brothers
Lifting Capacity30 tons

Chronology

1/1/40Allotted to Harden
1/1/57Allotted to Goulburn
24/1/57Used to clean up after two double headed trains collided head-on at Farrer.
1/7/63Allotted to Goulburn
1/7/64Allotted to Goulburn
1/7/65Allotted to Goulburn
1/7/66Allotted to Goulburn
1/7/67Allotted to Goulburn
1/7/68Allotted to Goulburn
1/7/69Set aside at Enfield

Photos

The Big Engines page 216 shows 1049 on recovery work after a runaway train had crashed into 5708 at Werai late 1951.

Byways of Steam 16 page 38 has a photo of the Farrer collision in which the jib of 1049 is just visible in the extreeme edge of the photo.
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