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#VRlocomotives
H class 4-8-4 #220 only one built ' Heavy Harry '
Built Newport 1941 mechanical stoker
H220, Heavy Harry, steam locomotive and tender viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1211… via Library_Vic

Locomotive H220 Heavy Harry and goods train at Wodonga, Victoria
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155069…

Locomotive H220 Heavy Harry, hauling no. 105 fast foods train at Wodonga West, Victoria, 1956
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155068…

H220 on up fast freight passing Broadford, Victoria, 11 February 1950 / J.L. Buckland
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155041…

STEAM CLASS H220 CREW CHANGEOVER - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

Heavy Harry's first passenger train was moving troops.
The Argus Sat 12 Apr 1941 Page 5
trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/arti…

VICTORIAN RAILWAYS H CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

H CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE HAULING ALBURY EXPRESS PASSENGER TRAIN AT ESSENDON IN 1949. (3 NEGS) - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

LAUNCHING H/CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SPEAKERS ON DAIS - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS… 1941

LAUNCHING H/CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE INSPECTION BY GUESTS - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

Govt Statement: Heritage Listed Heavy Harry To Be Protected 17 May 2019
premier.vic.gov.au/heritage-liste…

H220, in static preservation at the Australian Railway Historical Society Museum at Williamstown North
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian…
Thank the gods it wasn't cut up like the S class locos.

Heavy Harry_Loco H220_Working the Spirit of Progress_Approaching Spencer Street Station_August 1948
vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/23010
Seeing is believing ! By all reports H220 could exceed the S class on timetable.

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