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3' 6" gauge Garratt locos
L 2-6-2+2-6-2
M 4-4-2+2-4-4 (8 cylinder)
G 4-8-2+2-8-4 (ASG)
L class
2 built Beyer Peacock & Co 1912
L1 L2 for freight
L class Garratt at Burnie c.1914. Winter's Studio
Ted Lidster collection
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3' 6" gauge Garratt locos
L 2-6-2+2-6-2
M 4-4-2+2-4-4 (8 cylinder)
G 4-8-2+2-8-4 (ASG)
L class
2 built Beyer Peacock & Co 1912
L1 L2 for freight
L class Garratt at Burnie c.1914. Winter's Studio
Ted Lidster collection
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An L class Garratt on a goods. Kimberley area? TGR photo 5T14, Ted Lidster collection
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L Garratts were a typical Beyer Garratt of the day.
Withdrawn 1930s but returned to service 1943-45.
Both scrapped
TGR L class stored at Launceston during the late 1940s
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Withdrawn 1930s but returned to service 1943-45.
Both scrapped
TGR L class stored at Launceston during the late 1940s
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M class 4-4-2+2-4-4 (8 cylinder)
2 built 1912 Beyer, Peacock & Co
M1 M2
Designed for express passenger trains.
Unusual, only 8 cylinder Garratts ever made.
TGR M Class Garratt, 4-4-2+2-4-4, Beyer Peacock & Co. catalogue page, [1911-1914]
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2 built 1912 Beyer, Peacock & Co
M1 M2
Designed for express passenger trains.
Unusual, only 8 cylinder Garratts ever made.
TGR M Class Garratt, 4-4-2+2-4-4, Beyer Peacock & Co. catalogue page, [1911-1914]
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M1 and M2 were withdrawn some time after the arrival of the R class ‘Pacifics’ in 1924. They were very maintenance intensive.
Both scrapped.
UNITS OF THE EIGHT-CYLINDERED GARRATT LOCOMOTIVE
Front engine unit; Boiler and frame; rear engine unit
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Both scrapped.
UNITS OF THE EIGHT-CYLINDERED GARRATT LOCOMOTIVE
Front engine unit; Boiler and frame; rear engine unit
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Each bogie had the four cylinders arranged abreast, each outside one driven by Walschaerts, each inside counterpart operated by Gresley conjugated gear. All drove the leading coupled axles.
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"the Class M was a bit bonkers, but rather cool anyway " Sharpe
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"the Class M was a bit bonkers, but rather cool anyway " Sharpe
G class 4-8-2+2-8-4 ASG 1943-45
TGR 8 new and another 6 second-hand from the Queensland Railways.
Two were sold to the Emu Bay Railway with the remainder scrapped in the late 1950s.
ASG G7 in Launceston yard.
TGR photo, Ted Lidster collection 1944
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TGR 8 new and another 6 second-hand from the Queensland Railways.
Two were sold to the Emu Bay Railway with the remainder scrapped in the late 1950s.
ASG G7 in Launceston yard.
TGR photo, Ted Lidster collection 1944
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Newly delivered X7 or X8 undergoes inspection while Australian Standard Garratt G37 is overhauled, Launceston workshops, circa mid 1951. TGR photo
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The ASGs did better in Tasmania than the mainland states.
Maybe cooler weather helped as heat in the cab major issue in Qld.
TGR ASG Locomotive crossing Bass Highway, Burnie
UON
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c. 1940s
Maybe cooler weather helped as heat in the cab major issue in Qld.
TGR ASG Locomotive crossing Bass Highway, Burnie
UON
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c. 1940s
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