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H class 4-8-2
8 built 1951 Vulcan Foundry
H1-H8 delivered in a new emerald green livery.
Four were later repainted red

Hobart Wharf, unloading locomotives from "SS Belpareil"
H6 10 Dec 1951
stors.tas.gov.au/AI/AB713-1-12
TGR H7 4-8-2 being unloaded at Hobart 1951
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H2 after hauling a cement train from Railton in the yard at Devonport. Across the Mersey River is the Princess of Tasmania moored at its terminal at Devonport
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TGR H class, no. 8
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/878…
c. 1950s
H1
September 2016 at Tasmanian Transport Museum
2016
railtasmania.com/photogal/showi…
H7 on a Launceston to Fingal goods train at Western Junction. March 1966
railtasmania.com/photogal/showi…
H3 and an AREA special train pauses for water at Ross, March 1965
railtasmania.com/photogal/showi…
H3 leads a special passenger train consisting of Tasman Limited stock along the Fingal Line, March 1965
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Hobart Up Light Engine H 3
Weston Langford 8 March 1965
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
H8 is serviced at St Marys after hauling a special passenger train from Launceston, March 1966
railtasmania.com/photogal/showi…
Preserved:
H1 - Glenorchy,
H2 - New Norfolk (under restoration)
H5 - New Norfolk
H6 (engine unit only) - Perth, Tasmania
H7 - Don River Railway
H8 (wheels and engine underframe only) - Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston
2 scrapped

Frame of H8
railtasmania.com/photogal/showi…
Film:
Steam Loco H2 to Railton for Goliath Cement Tasmania 1960s
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K class 2-8-0 freight same as NSWGR D50 (T) class but bigger tenders
8 built 1916 North British Locomotive Company
K27-K34

Commonwealth Railways "K" class engine (Chris Drymalik Collection) c. 1920s
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1949 Trans-Australian Railway engine - K class as viewed from cab looking forward (Chris Drymalik Collection)
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Last K withdrawn in March 1952. All scrapped.

Commonwealth Railways "K" class engine (Chris Drymalik Collection) c. 1920s
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#CRsteamlocomotives
Commonwealth Railways (CR)
Established 1917 by Govt of Aust with Commonwealth Railways Act to administer Trans-Australia & Port Augusta to Alice Springs and Birdum to Darwin railways.

Trans Australian Railway 1924 South Australia
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G class 4-6-0 std gauge
26 built 1914-1917
Baldwin Locomotive Works (12)
Clyde Engineering (4)
Toowoomba Foundry (10)
Same as NSWGR C32 (P6) class but higher capacity tenders
CR G class, first into Kalgoorlie, Trans-Australian Railway, 1917
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/885… Image
Commonwealth Railways engine G 1 (Chris Drymalik Collection) c. 1914
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#TGRsteamlocomotives
Final thread.
Been interesting, fascinating range of locos hey?

TGR took over the rail services between Hobart and Launceston of the Tasmanian Main Line Railway Co. in 1890.
This was 3' 6" gauge.

Map Tasmanian Main Line Company line
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Ex TMLR locos classed:

E+ 5 1873-1875 Hunslet 5 4-4-0
A+ 1 1875 Hunslet 4-4-0T
F 1 1878 Neilson 4-4-0 Orig 0-4-2
B+ 3 1884 Hunslet 4-4-0
D+ 2 1886-1887 Dubs 4-4-2T
C+ 4 1889-1890 Dubs 4-6-0

A class tank loco Hunslet ex TMLR
stors.tas.gov.au/AI/PH30-1-409 Image
Accident on TMLR at Coal Mine Bend between Colebrook and Rhyndaston on 24 April 1877,
Hunslet? down the embankment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian… Image
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