Thread by @ozbob13

#TGRSteamlocomotives
DS class 2-6-4T former NZR WF class
TGR acquired 8, 4 in 1939 and 4 in 1944
DS1-DS8

DS class (an ex NZR Wf class) down Cadbury's workers train approaching Moonah station, 20th Oct 1947.
TGR photo 4T15. Ted Lidster Collection
flickr.com/photos/2990311…

Rear end of class DS steam locomotive tank no. 8 (ex NZR no. 392 in 1944) at Hobart, February 1945
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155004…

TGR DS Class, no. 7, shunting goods wagon C406, waterfront yard, Devonport
c. 1950
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/769…

DS 1 and DS 4 we sold to Mount Lyell Railway & Mining Company. Withdrawn 1953. Remainder withdrawn by c. 1956.
All scrapped.

TGR DS Class, No. 7, ex-NZR WF Class, after withdrawal from service, [Hobart]
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/769…

On retirement, the boilers of DS 7 and DS 8 were used as stationary boilers. The boiler of DS 8 was obtained for preservation and placed on display at the Don River Railway.

Boiler from DS 8 at the Don River Railway May 1993
australiansteam.com/DS%20boiler.htm

Preserved New Zealand Railways locomotive WF 393 seen at Ferrymead on 26 October 2013 during the NZ Rail 150 event
australiansteam.com/DS%20boiler.htm

WF 393 looks similar to the Tasmanian DS locos apart from the NZR "Chopper" couplings.

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