page_title: Richmond Vale railway line
section_title: No. 9 Pelaw Main, No. 10 Richmond Main & No. 11 Hexham
hierarchical_section_title: Richmond Vale railway line / Locomotives / No. 9 Pelaw Main, No. 10 Richmond Main & No. 11 Hexham
caption_attribution_description: English: J &amp; A Brown 2-8-2T No.10 'Richmond Main at Hexham, June 1973.
context_page_description: The Richmond Vale Railway was a 4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in colliery railway line in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia, servicing coal mines at Minmi, Stockrington, Pelaw Main and Richmond Main. It was over 26 km long and passed through three tunnels, and was the last commercially operated railway in Australia to use steam locomotives.
context_section_description: In 1908 Kitson and Company of Leeds was asked by J & A Brown to supply a large 2-8-2T side-tank engine. This new loco was designed for Browns and was based on the Great Central Railway class 8A 0-8-0 tender engines dating from 1902 that Kitsons had built for the GCR. This loco was built in 1908 (builder's No. 4567) and was fitted with cast brass nameplates by Kitsons with the name Pelaw Main. Upon arrival this was given the number 9 and with the loco being successful and with Richmond Main Colliery undergoing development that two similar locos were ordered. These two new locos were built in 1911 (builder's Nos. 4798 and 4834) and were numbered 10–11, these two locos were also fitted with brass nameplates No. 10 carrying the name Richmond Main and No. 11 Hexham. These three locos were the mainstay of traffic on the RVR until the arrival of the ROD locos, when they were relegated to secondary duties. By the 1940s the three locos were being used on the Stockrington to Hexham workings. No.11 was withdrawn in 1949 and was scrapped in 1966. By 1954 Nos. 9 and 10 were standby locos and were only used intermittently. However, from 1969 both locos were used regularly in shunting the sidings at Hexham. In October 1972 both locos returned to main line traffic being regularly used on the Stockrington to Hexham trains. No. 9 worked until November 1980 and No. 10 worked until December 1976 and both are preserved at Richmond Main.
caption: No.10 Richmond Main at Hexham, June 1973
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