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M class 4-6-2
10 built Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns 1951
M1-M10

Tasmanian Government Railways 4-6-2 steam locomotive M1
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Ten Tasmanian Government Railways 'M' class pacifics awaiting shipment to Hobart by MV Christen Smith (Bel-Line vessel). The locos were built in 1951 and shipped in early 1952
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"CHRISTEN SMITH" heavy lift cargo ship
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M class locomotives being unloaded in Hobart 1952
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M class being lifted to shore 1952
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How the locomotives were transported
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M5 at Hobart Station 1967
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TGR M Class, no. 5, Devonport Locomotive Depot, Devonport, Tasmania, [c.1950s]
UON
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TGR M Class, no. 6, Burnie, Tasmania, [1950s]
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1957 4M class locos fitted with smaller driving wheels recovered from withdrawn ASGs to operate heavier trains over the steeply graded North-Eastern line > MA class.

M1> MA2
M2> MA4
M6> MA3
M8> MA1

MA1 at Launceston, early 1960s
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Hobart Locomotive Depot MA2 X13 CC26 MA3
Weston Langford 8 March 1965
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As they fell due for overhaul, M/MA withdrawn from 1960 last removed from traffic in 1975.

All members of the class preserved.

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Hobart M5
Weston Langford 6 January 1974
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Ma 2 & M 4 Hobart to Burnie Tasmania 1991
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KA class 2-8-0 same as NSWGR D53 (TF)
26 built 1918-1920
Perry Engineering (6)
Walkers Limited (20)
KA35–KA54, KA56–KA61
1st KA Class Engine, CR, thought to be possibly at Port Augusta
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Port Augusta Roundhouse KA 61 + KA + KA 43 (Chris Drymalik Collection) 1949
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In the 1920s/30s CR considered that at least 14 KA locos were surplus to requirements and tried to sell them, fortunately unsuccessfully, because of the subsequent demands on rail in WW2.

The West Australian (Perth, WA) Thu 22 Oct 1936 Page 18
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#CRsteamlocomotives
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
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Commonwealth Railways engine G 1 (Chris Drymalik Collection) c. 1914
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