X1057

TypeCoal Grab
Other NumbersLo45
Wheel Arrangement
Boiler Pressure
Entered TrafficMarch 1917
Withdrawn1972?
Fate
BuilderAustral Otis Eng Co, Alfred Harman Works Melbourne
Lifting Capacity3 tons

Chronology

1/1/40Allotted to Taree
1/7/63Allotted to Nyngan
1/7/64Allotted to Nyngan
1/7/65Allotted to Nyngan
1/7/66Allotted to Mudgee
1/7/67Allotted to Mudgee
1/7/68Allotted to Eveleigh
1/7/69Allotted to Eveleigh
1/7/70Allotted to Eveleigh
?/6/71Set aside
1/7/71Allotted to Water Supply Workshops Chullora
1/1/72Allotted to Water Supply Workshops Chullora

Photos

21 Years of Tours page 13 has a photo of a coal grab at Nyngan on 5/5/63, this is probably 1057.

July 1988 has a photo of 1057 coaling 3272 at Nyngan in January 1963, probably 1057.

Roundhouse April 1995 has a photo dated 1965 of a coal grab at Mudgee that is probably 1057.

Railway Album No5has a photo of two coaling cranes in use at Eveleigh on 21/9/1968. These are probably 1057 and 1064. Another photo of the pair at Eveleigh, coaling 1919 in 1970 appears in Roundhouse April 1996 edition. In this photo primitive 'cabs' have been added to both cranes which do not appear in the 1968 photo. The cabs are constructed of corrugated iron and fabric.

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