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#TGRsteamlocomotives
2' gauge
TGR operated 18 mile 2' gauge line from Zeehan to Deep Lead (now Williamsford) known as the North East Dundas tramway. Line opened 1896 to carry ore from the Williamsford mines to Zeehan for rail transport to Burnie.

Map alchetron.com/North-East-Dun…

2' gauge was used because of the difficult terrain. Passenger transport was also provided.

G class 0-4-2T 2' gauge
3 built 1896-1900 Sharp, Stewart and Company
G1 & G2

TGR G class, Montezuma Falls, North East Dundas Tramway, [1899]
UON
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The first G1 destroyed after the boiler exploded replaced by the 3rd loco which assumed G1 identity.

TGR G Class 0-4-2T, Montezuma Falls, North East Dundas Tramway, Tasmania, [c.1899]
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G1 and G2 were sold to Isis Sugar Mill (Cordalba Qld) when the line closed in 1932. They were converted by Isis Sugar to tender engines renumbered #9 (G1) & #10 (G2)

Cordalba mill c. 1954 #9 and #10
My grandfather knew their history & was able to take these photos.
P G Dow

H class 0-4-0WT (well tank)
4 built 1886-1889 Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Co
H1-H4

TGR H class Krauss locomotive.
TGR photo, Ted Lidster collection
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1906 H2 H3 sold to Vic Public Works Dept.
H2 re-sold 1908 to Corrimal Colliery
H3 re-sold 1910 Rubicon Timber
H4 sold 1927 to the Catamaran Colliery in Tasmania.

Krauss #4087 on TGR wagon Launceston ca.1959 for overhaul (similar to H class)
flickr.com/photos/ebrg16/…

J class articulated 2-6+4-0 'Hagan's Patent'
1 built 1901 Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans
J1

Its weight played havoc with the light rails it ran over and in 1910 it was replaced by the K class

TGR J Class 2-6+4-0 J1
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Hagan's Tank Engine for the Tasmanian Government Railways 1907
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The North East Dundas Tramway Hagans built J class locomotive at Five Mile (Melba Flats?) with a loaded ore train from Williamsford. H W Judd photo 1903
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Montezuma Bridge
North East Dundas Tramway Hagans built J1.
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J1 was in storage at Zeehan for a while after withdrawn, but it unfortunately ended up scrapped.

New North East Dundas Tramway J class poses with a H class small Krauss.
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K class 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt
2 built 1909 Beyer, Peacock & Co
First Garratt locomotives built

Beyer Peacock works photograph of K1, the world's very first Garrat steam locomotive, built for the North East Dundas Tramway in Tasmania. 1909
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North East Dundas Tramway K class Garratt stands at the ore loader
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Kapi, North East Dundas Tramway, circa 1910. H J King photo
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1947 K1 was sold to its builder Beyer, Peacock & Co, with the boiler and boiler cradle of K2 attached and repatriated back to England

K class 2 ft gauge Garratts loaded on flat wagons, in Burnie after arriving from Zeehan. George Sweetapple photo 1947
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In 1995 K1 was acquired by the Welsh Highland Railway and restored to operation.
Info: whrsoc.org.uk/index.php/acti…

K1 and the Freight Train, Welsh Highland Railway 7th-8th September 2013

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