R class 4-6-2
4 built Perry Gawler 1923
R1-R4
R3 & R4 streamlined late 1930s for Hobart to Launceston expresses
TGR R Class, no. 3, streamlined, northbound with passenger carriages in matching livery, Austin's Ferry, [c. 1938]
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UON
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The streamlining no doubt inspired by VR S class locos for the Spirit of Progress.
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Short slideshow:
Tasmanian Government Railways R Class Engines 3 & 4