Locomotive X10 Gallery

Locomotive X10 Timeline

Mid 1950  Built by Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire, England fitted with English Electric 6SRKT Mk. 1.11/12/1950Arrived Kings Pier, Hobart on ship; "Imperial Star".18/3/1951Entered service painted TGR green.1December 1955Repainted red.11977Repainted to yellow / black from red (last 'X' class in red).19/6/1988Withdrawn from service in Hobart. (Closing mileage: 2,386,017 kms.)124/8/1988Ran north on the final vacuum braked train to Launceston (with Y7 and X18)128/8/1988Written off & sold to Tasmanian Locomotive Co.128/10/1988Delivered to Tasmanian Locomotive Co. at Cadburys.11/1/1989Returned to service by Tasmanian Locomotive Co.11990Sold to Derwent Valley Railway.117/12/1993Penultimate train on the Cadburys Branch Line (with X18). DVR transfer to New Norfolk.1

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Stephen Zvillis 2021