| Type | Accident Crane |
|
| Other Numbers | 1146 | |
| Wheel Arrangement | T-T-D-D-T | |
| Boiler Pressure | ||
| Tractive Effort | ||
| Cylinders (Bore x Stroke) | ||
| Entered Traffic | 19 December 1929 | |
| Withdrawn | ||
| Fate | Still in Use | |
| Builder | Cravens | |
| Lifting Capacity | 70 tons | |
| Diesel Engine | GM 671 |
| 19/8/29 | Arrived in Australia aboard SS Middlesex |
| 1933 | Allotted to Enfield |
| 16/7/33 | Used with an unidentified 30t crane (ex Harden) to rerail sleeping cars at Bowning. |
| 1/1/40 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| 29/7/48 | Used with 1073 at Rocky Ponds derailment to rerail 3817. |
| 15/5/52 | Used with 1073 to rerail 5586 between Berowra and Mt. Kuringgai. |
| 31/12/61 | Noted at Broadmeadow |
| 16/7/62 | Used with 1060 to rerail 4441 at Liverpool |
| 1/7/63 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| 1/7/64 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| 1/7/65 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| 1/7/66 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| 1/7/67 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| 1/7/67 | On loan to Enfield |
| 1/7/68 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| 1/7/69 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| 1/7/70 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| 20/9/70 | Used with 1073 to rerail 3822 at Tuggerah. 1072 lifted from smokebox end. |
| 1/7/71 | Undergoing conversion from Steam to Diesel at Eveleigh |
| 16/12/71 | Conversion completed 16/12/71, returned to Broadmeadow hauled by 6029. Renumbered 1146 |
| 23/12/71 | Returned to 1072 number |
| 2/4/72 | Used to rerail wagons after the 23/3/72 runaway at Kankool. 1050 also attended. |
| 1/7/72 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| 23/11/72 | Used with 1073 to rerail petrol tankers at ? |
| 1/7/73 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| 1/1/74 | Allotted to Enfield |
| 1/7/74 | Allotted to Broadmeadow |
| ?/7/90 | Used together with 1073 to rerail 8009 at Narromine |
| 1/1/97 | Allotted to Enfield |
Grunbach page 258 shows 1072 and 1073 salvaging 3822 at Tuggerah in 1970.
John Thompson's 38 class book has a number of photos of 1072 and 1073 working together to rerail 38 class, including 5 photos of the Rocky Ponds accident and one of Tuggerah.
The 60 Class has a photo of 1072 and 1073 rerailing 6007 at Islington Junction
Railway Digest September 1990 has a photo of the Narromine derailment
Rogers page 17 has a photo taken at the Water Supply Workshops Chullora on 8th June 1962
Railway Album No5page 16 has a photo of 1072 lifting a brand new 58 class boiler out of a wagon at the Chullora boiler shop on 20/7/1962. The boilers were being taken out into a paddock for cutting up.
Roundhouse Dec98 or Jan99 has a photo of 1072 working with 1060 to rerail 4441 at Liverpool on 16/7/62
Byways of Steam 20 has 2 photos of 1072 at work rerailing sleeping cars athe Bowning derailment 16/7/33.
The photo at the top of the page was taken by the author at Lithgow.
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