1 was a special service from Sydney Station to Long Cove viaduct (near the present site of Lewisham) on 24 May 1855, Queen Victoria's birthday.

James McConnell appointed William Scott to supervise the construction of the first engines at Stephenson's Newcastle Works who then proceeded to Sydney to organise their erection.

1 arrived by ship on 13 January 1855 and was hauled to a temporary shed on the site of the Eveleigh Railway Workshops.

[7] The locomotive was initially fuelled by local timber and later modified to allow the burning of coal.

Two people were killed when a passenger carriage derailed and fell down an embankment near Homebush.

After being rebuilt and repainted, it was presented on 8 May 1884 to the Museum and housed in an annexe of the Agricultural Hall in the Domain.

Following an extensive restoration program, the locomotive featured in the new Powerhouse Museum building opened in 1988.

A small number of other parts were swapped between locomotives per normal repair practice.