| Type | Crane Locomotive |
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| Other Numbers | Lo11 | |
| Wheel Arrangement | 0-4-0T | |
| Weight | 40 tons | |
| Boiler Pressure | 190 psi | |
| Tractive Effort | 14,900 lbs | |
| Cylinders (Bore x Stroke) | 14 x 20 | |
| Entered Traffic | June 1914 | |
| Withdrawn | ||
| Fate | Preserved, Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum | |
| Builder | R & W Hawthorne Leslie | |
| Builders Number | 3035 | |
| Lifting Capacity | 7 tons |
One of 8 similar cranes the other class members being:
1051
1066
1067
1068
1069
1082
1083
Unlike the earlier crane locomotives which lifted my means of a winch,
these locomotives are luffing cranes which lift by raising the long (21' 9'')
jib by means of a steam cylinder. The jib can also be rotated under power.
Interesting features of this class are the hole through the
jib to permit the smoke to escape when the jib is in the full forward
position, and the sloping top to the steam chests.
Some of these cranes were fitted with turbo generators for use with
electromagnets for lifting scrap, 1052 is not now fitted with a turbo
generator, whether it ever had one or not is unknown.
1052 finished her service with the railways at Civic Workshops when her jib was damaged in the mid seventies. I remember seeing it the day the damage happened, the jib was hanging down almost touching the ground. 1052 was towed to Cardiff workshops where its jib was replaced with that of 1068. It saw no further service with the railways but was sold to the Dorrigo Steam Railway and museum, then located at Rhonda Colliary. This group used 1052 on a number of occassions to load wheel sets and other spares into wagons prior to the move to Dorrigo. One other interesting job it had there was (together with Juno) to haul 6039 from Rhonda to Cockle Creek prior to the Silver Jubilee tours. 1052 remains in excellent condition and could be easily returned to working order.
| 1/1/40 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/63 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/64 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/65 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/66 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/67 | Allotted to Eveligh Workshops |
| 1/7/68 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/69 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/70 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 3/4/71 | Under repair at Eveigh Workshops |
| 1/7/71 | Under repair at Eveleigh Shops |
| 1/1/72 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/72 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/73 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/1/74 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/74 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
Buckland page 131 has a builders photo of an unnumbered crane of this type.
McNicol page 7 has a photo of 1052 taken 12th April 1980.
Photo top of this page, shows 1052 at Cardiff awaiting jib repairs. (taken by the author), the second photo was taken the same day by Andrew Gordon. The two below (taken by the author) show 1052 at Rhonda Colliary.
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