Hexham Engineering Pty. 4wVBCT No. Unknown
Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia 		Location: Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum
Status: Stored
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Posted: Nov 26, 2017 @ 13:11:39 by Robin R Beck
I cannot find any history for this self propelled self propelled steam crane. The piston cover is marked Appleby Limited, Leicester. This company only traded under this name from 1908 to 1910 so it was probably built between these dates. It was donated by Hexham Engineering Pty. to the Dorrigo railway museum.

Hexham Engineering was a company formed in 1951, a subsidiary of J & A Brown, taking over the running of their Hexham workshops. So its early history was most likely on the Hexham colliery railway owned by Browns. 2013 found it stored at Dorrigo minus boiler. There is a good chance Dorrigo removed all small boilers to place in dry storage as all their large locomotives boilers are sealed and oiled to preserve them.