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| Type | Crane Locomotive |
| Other Numbers | Lo40 |
| Wheel Arrangement | 0-4-0T |
| Boiler Pressure | 190 psi |
| Tractive Effort | 14,900 lbs |
| Cylinders (Bore x Stroke) | 14 x 20 |
| Entered Traffic | December 1925 |
| Withdrawn | |
| Fate | Scrapped 19/1/68 |
| Builder | Hawthorn Leslie |
| Builders Number | 3563 |
| Lifting Capacity | 7 tons |
The first of 4 repeat orders for this highly successful class, the earlier members being: 1051 1052 with 1067 1068 1069 1082 1083 being subsequently ordered.
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.
| 1/1/40 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/63 | Set aside at Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/64 | Set aside at Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/65 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/66 | Allotted to Eveleigh Workshops |
| 1/7/67 | Stored at Eveleigh Workshops |
| 19/1/68 | Scrapped |
Railway Album No3 has a photo of 1066 at Eveleigh on 19/11/62. Stenciled on the side of 1066 is the notice "set aside, boiler condemned, do not light up"
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