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NFB class 2-6-0
18 ex SAR Yx class locos obtained 1941-44
All built c. 1890s as Y converted to Yx c. 1910-20
Worked NAR to assist with huge increase in war time traffic
NFB 43 to 49 51 88 to 97

Y108 > CR NFB 94
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+467…
1906
Katherine Evacuated Workshop NFB 88 (ex Y/Yx 135)
Weston Langford 15 September 1965
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Last NFB withdrawn 1952. Some were sold onto Tasmania.
NFB 88 escaped the scrapper.

NFB 88 in rundown condition at Katherine on 16 August 2003
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North Australia Railway NFB 88 at Katherine, Northern Territory 2016
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Katherine Evacuated Workshops NFB 88 rear of tender
Weston Langford
15 September 1965
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

NFB 88 was converted to burn oil in 1950. Oil tank can be seen.
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