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#TGRrailmotors
TGR operated 2 types of rail-cars
steam and diesel
For SP class Sentinel-Cammell steam rail-cars see
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TGR DP class was a class of diesel rail-cars
PT DT trailers
8 different batches from 1937 to 1950
. Drewry Car Co
. Tasmanian Government Railways
. Commonwealth Engineering
Wide variation within the class

TGR rail-car roster 1949
railtasmania.com/rollingstock/a…

1950 six additional articulated rail-cars built by Commonwealth Engineering
DP25 to DP30
DP cars were used to run a daily rail-car service between Hobart Launceston & Wynyard, later known as the Tasman Ltd.

Articulated railcar DP27 in Launceston yard
flickr.com/photos/2990311…

DP16+DP29 Hobart Station Yard
Melanie Dennis
flickr.com/photos/ebrg16/…
DP16 non articulated 49' 3"
"Having an articulated car (DP29) coupled to a normal car (DP16) was not a common occurence."

New DP & PT railcars on test; late 1944
Probably DP 20 & 21 & PT 5 & 6 with either DP15 or 16
Melanie Dennis
flickr.com/photos/ebrg16/…

New Waddingtons/Drewry railcars in Hobart, probably DP13 and 14 c. 1939
flickr.com/photos/2990311…
102hp Gardner 6LW engines

Mt Lyell Waddingtons railmotor DP1 (ex TGR DP19) awaiting disposal at Queenstown
flickr.com/photos/2990311…
DP19 was written off by TGR in August 1960 before being sold to the Mt Lyell company as their DP1

DP18 was recovered from a back yard in Launceston 2019
wcwr.com.au/news/historic-…
Possible restoration West Coast Wilderness Railway same as their DP1.

DP19 at Roland station, mid 1950's. Ted Lidster collection
flickr.com/photos/2990311…

Brand new Waddingtons railmotor FP1 after unloading on King's Pier, Hobart. Ted Lidster collection 1937
flickr.com/photos/2990311…
FP1 V8 Ford Petrol was re-powered in 1940 with a Gardner diesel becoming DP19

'Suburban railcar DP13 was taken out of passenger service and converted to an inspection motor in 1959'
railtasmania.com/loco/loco.php?…
Australian National's green and yellow colours in March 1981.

DP13 and DP14 were sold to Burnie City Council after a period of heritage charter use.
DP13 was damaged by fire in 2012. Sold to DownsSteam in Queensland.

DP13 and DP14 return north through Parattah after a charter, November 2003
Andrew Dix
railtasmania.com/photogal/showi…

DP13 after the fire
theadvocate.com.au/story/5627080/…
DP13 restored ‘Gatsby Flyer’ at Downs Steam
downssteam.com/dp13update/

Video:
DP 13 & DP 14 excursion to Ross, 1997
In 1997, a private operator called Classic Rail Tours, began running a series of Sunday excursions from Hobart to Ross and occasional longer trips to Launceston.

Wynyard Airport DP 22 PT 3 Westbound AREA Special
Weston Langford 18 March 2001
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

Hobart suburban rail car DP22 at the platform of Hobart Railway Station in August 1960
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-145869…

DP set passing a DP and PT railcar set on the double track suburban just north of Botanical Gardens station
angusthornett.com/blog/2020/5/26…

Hobart Railway Station, Suburban Diesel train 1957
(PT 6 and unknown DP rail-car)
Libraries Tasmania
stors.tas.gov.au/AI/AB713-1-6081

A pair of articulated railcars (including DP27), possibly running the predecessor of the "Tasman Limited", at Bridgewater Junction, late 1952. Don Stephens(?) photo
flickr.com/photos/2990311…

The two Tasman Limited trains and the "feeder" from Launceston ( ? DP28) all met at Western Junction.
railtasmania.com/photos/

8 preserved:
DP13 DownsSteam
DP14 Karoola railway station
DP15 Tasmanian Transport Museum
DP22 Don River Railway
DP24 Margate Train
DP26 Tasmanian Transport Museum
DP28 Bellarine Railway
DP29 Bellarine Railway

Video:
DP26 on a tour train 2003

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