X1081

TypeSteam Accident Crane
Other Numbers
Wheel ArrangementT-D-D-T
Weight80 tons
Boiler Pressure
Tractive Effort
Cylinders (Bore x Stroke)
Entered Traffic27/9/1948 ex US-Army
Withdrawn1990
FatePreserved, Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum
BuilderIndustrial Brownhoist
Lifting Capacity50 tons

Chronology

1/1/50Allotted to Taree
1/1/55Allotted to Taree
1/6/58Allotted to Taree
1/1/59not at Taree
1/1/61Allotted to Taree
1/7/63Allotted to Taree
1/7/64Allotted to Taree
1/7/65Allotted to Taree
1/7/66Allotted to Taree
1/7/67Allotted to Taree
9/2/68Used to rerail 1021 which had fallen into Broadmeadow turntable pit.
1/7/68Allotted to Taree
1/7/69Allotted to Taree
1/7/70Allotted to Taree
1/7/70Loaned to Werris Creek (relieving 1050under overhaul.)
?/3/71Loaned to Broadmeadow (releasing 1072 for conversion to diesel.)
1/7/71Allotted to Taree
1/7/71Loaned to Broadmeadow
?/12/71Returned to Taree
1/1/72Allotted to Taree
24/5/72Loaned to Casino (releasing 1055 for conversion to diesel.)
1/7/72Allotted to Casino
1/7/73Allotted to Casino
1/1/74Allotted to Casino
1/7/74Allotted to Casino
16/11/89Attempted unsuccessfuly to load X201 & X205 onto well wagons. Job was completed the next day by 1048.
12/7/901081 plus jib truck L884 were withdrawn from Werris Creek and hauled to Cardiff.

Photos

ByWays1 pages 26 and 29 have photos of 1081. The photo on page 26 is a good clear shot of the left side of the crane taken in 1964 at Taree loco depot.

Roundhouse May 1971 has a photo of 1081 retrieving 1021. from the Broadmeadow turtable pit

The photo at the top of this page and the one below were taken by the author at Werris Creek in 1989.
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