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| Type | Locomotive/Crane Locomotive |
| Other Numbers | R285, 1801 |
| Wheel Arrangement | 0-6-0T |
| Driving Wheels | 4' 0'' |
| Boiler Pressure | 140 psi |
| Tractive Effort | 11,550 lbs |
| Cylinders (Bore x Stroke) | 15 x 22 |
| Entered Traffic | April 1884 |
| Withdrawn | November 1957 |
| Distance Run | 554,725 km |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| Builder | Vulcan |
| Builders Number | 992 |
| Lifting Capacity | 4 tons(??) |
Originaly ordered in 1882 for suburban passenger work, the classes small driving wheels made them a failure at this work and they were relegated to shunting work in Sydney Yard with the ocassional main line run. On delivery they were fitted with domeless boilers, smokebox regulators, Joy valve gear and marine pattern connecting rods giving them a very English Great Northern look. During overhaul in 1907 they lost their domeless boilers in favour of a more conventional design. In 1922 these engines were the first to be fitted with power reversing gear but the experiment was short lived and the power gear was eventualy replaced with Johnson bar reverse.
1078 lost her original 1924 number (1801) when it was fitted with a coaling crane in September 1937. The crane was removed in May 1942 and the locomotive resumed its former identity. On 21st November 1957 1078 was sold to Wallarah Colliery along with 1806. Both locomotives had been on hire to the Colliery for some time having run under their own power from Port Kembla then transported by road to the isolated line between the Colliery and Catherine Hill Bay. 1021 also spent some time on this line.
| ?/9/37 | Converted to coaling crane and renumbered into 10class |
| 1/1/40 | Allotted to Junee |
| Coaling crane removed and locomotive renumbered 1801. | |
| 21/11/57 | Sold to Wallarah Colliery |
Grunbach page 74 has a photo of 1078 as R285 with original boiler crossing the Lewisham viaduct and on page 75 a photo of 1078 as 1801 shortly after rebuilding with domed boiler.
21 Years of Tours page 31 has a photo of 1078 as 1801 at Port Kembla 3/3/57. Page 52 has a photo of the locomotive at Catherine Hill Bay.
ARHS Bulletin 1967 page 179 has a photo of 1078 (as 1801) hauling a train in government service.
Railway Album No5has a rear on photo of 1078 (as 1801) in the engine shed at Wallarah Colliery on 2/4/1966. 1806 also appears in the photo.
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