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U class 0-6-0T fitted with 3 ton crane
1 built 1903 Vulcan Foundry
Entered service 1904 at Midland Railway Workshops as shunter and mobile crane

U class 7, 0-6-0T crane loco
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
c. 1904
1925 U7 rebuilt - the crane removed fuel and water capacity increased.

U class 7 with crane removed, shunters float, Midland Junction, ER line, side view, c1926
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
U class 7 with a train of bridge girders, Midland Junction c. 1938
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U7 was withdrawn in 1940 and scrapped

U class 7 ex crane loco at the Midland Workshops, "WRITTEN OFF" written on side of tank
railheritagewa.org.au/archive_scans/…
c. 1940
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#TGRsteamlocomotives
D class 2-4-2T
5 built Beyer Peacock 1891-1908

Builders official photograph of a TGR D class
c. 1891
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TGR D Class, running a suburban passenger train out of Hobart
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/769… Image
TGR D Class, leaving railway station with passenger carriages
UON
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#TGRsteamlocomotives
A class 4-4-0
8 built 1892-1902 Beyer Peacock & Co
A2-A9
Rebuilt Belpaire boilers & enlarged fireboxes
1908 A2 A4 5 more converted 1927-32
last converted 1946
> Ab class

TGR A Class original configuration at Launceston Station
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/769… Image
Beyer Peacock TGR A class builders photo.
Ted Lidster collection
flickr.com/photos/2990311…
c. 1892 Image
Ab class on a passenger train. TGR photo 4T37.
Ted Lidster collection
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#TGRsteamlocomotives
B class 4-4-0 15 built Beyer Peacock 1885-90
B1-B15

Tasmanian Government Railways Beyer Peacock 4-4-0 B13
1900
flickr.com/photos/2990311… Image
A near new B class loco, circa 1885. TGR photo, Ted Lidster collection
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Opening of the Western Line extension to Burnie with a B class on the official train. TGR photo, Ted Lidster collection
1901
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