No. |
Photo |
Wheel Arrang't |
Builder's No. & Year |
Status |
Location |
Notes |
Emu Bay Railway |
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3' 6" Gauge |
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6 |
4-8-0 |
Dubs 3854 of 1900 |
Display |
West
Coast Heritage Centre, Zeehan |
Emu Bay Railway Nos.6 & 8 are
the survivors of a class of four locomotives, having outlived their sisters
after being selected to operate the ‘West Coaster’ passenger service between
Oct. 1960 and Nov.1963. For this duty, they were taken out of storage,
overhauled, converted to oil firing, fitted with valences and smoke
deflectors, and painted in 'Two Blues' livery and. No.6 was named ‘Murchison’
while No.8 was named ‘Heemskirk’. Emu
Bay Railway No.6 is now displayed under a weather roof at the excellent
West Coast Heritage Centre, Zeehan. |
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8 |
4-8-0 |
Dubs 3855 of 1900 |
Operational |
Don |
Emu Bay Railway No.8 'Heemskirk'
was donated for preservation and plinthed on the Burnie foreshore in February
1968. It was rescued by the Van Diemen Railway Society during the 1980's and
extensively overhauled from 1986 to 1996. During restoration, No.8 has been
converted back to its original coal-fired configuration in black livery, with
the 1960's valences and deflectors removed. Emu Bay Railway No.8 can now be seen as an operational
exhibit at the Don River Railway. |
|
Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Company |
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3' 6" Gauge |
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Abt No.1 |
0-4-2RT |
Dubs 3369 of 1896 |
Operational |
West Coast Wilderness Railway, Queenstown |
Abt
No.1 was donated to the West Coast Pioneers Museum, Zeehan by the Mt
Lyell Mining & Railway Company after closure of their line in 1963 and
was displayed for many years at Zeehan. In about 1998 it was removed (under
loan) and restored to operation for the West Coast Wilderness Railway. |
|
Abt No.2 |
0-4-2RT |
Dubs 3594 of 1898 |
Display |
Tasmanian
Transport Museum, Glenorchy, Hobart |
Abt
No.2 was donated to the TTM, Glenorchy by the Mt Lyell Mining &
Railway Company after closure of their line in 1963. |
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Abt No.3 |
0-4-2RT |
Dubs 3730 of 1898 |
Operational |
West Coast Wilderness Railway, Queenstown |
Abt
No.3 was preserved at 'Miners Siding', Queenstown until 1998 when it
departed for restored on the West Coast Wilderness Railway. |
|
Abt No.4 |
- |
0-4-2RT |
Dubs 4085 of 1901 |
Buried |
Queenstown |
Abt
No.4 was the least favoured of the 5 Abt locos by crews of the Mount
Lyell Mining & Railway Co, being "all show and no go". When the
line was closed in 1963, Abt No.4 was adapted for static use at the company
limestone quarry, where it was later buried. |
Abt No.5 |
0-4-2RT |
North British 24418 of 1938 |
Operational |
West Coast Wilderness Railway, Queenstown |
Abt
No.5 was purchased by the ARHS Victoria after closure of the Mt Lyell
railway in 1963 and sent to Puffing Billy's Menzies Creek Museum. Abt No.5
has since been acquired by the West Coast Wilderness Railway and re-entered
service in June 2006. |
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4 |
- |
0-6-0T |
Baldwin ? of ? |
Drowned / Components |
Queenstown |
Both Abt No 4
and Baldwin No 4 were
apparently dumped in an old limestone quarry at Queenstown.
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Other Users |
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3' 6" Gauge |
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( - ) |
0-6-0T |
Fowler 5265 of 1886 |
Operational |
Don |
This Fowler loco is an attractive
engine with an interesting history. It was ordered for a gravel tramway at
Kiama, NSW, but this venture failed and the loco was sold to contractors
building government railways in Queensland. It was transferred to Tasmania by
1898 and used in Macquarie Harbour breakwater construction, and then stored
at Hobart station yard for many years. A protracted restoration at the Don
River Railway (including fabrication of a new boiler) came to fruition in
September 2007 when Fowler b/n 5265
returned to service. |
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Vertical Boiler |
0-4-0VB |
Markham & Co, built 1890 |
Display |
Tasmanian
Transport Museum, Glenorchy, Hobart |
This interesting vertical boiler locomotive is one
of only 24 locomotives built by Markham and Co, Chesterfield, England. It was
retrieved from the bush and statically restored for display at the Tasmanian
Transport Museum. |
|
Byers |
0-4-4-0 |
Buyers, Hobart, 1912 |
Remains (bogie) |
Raminea |
This interesting locomotive ‘Byers’ was a double-bogie chain and rod
driven engine built about 1912 in Hobart by Andrew B. Buyers for use on the
Chesterman's logging tramway at Raminea in Southern Tasmania. A bogie
survives at Raminea. |
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Wyett's Beaconsfield Tramway |
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915mm Gauge |
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( - ) |
0-4-0T |
Kerr Stuart 685 of 1900 |
Frame, wheels, cab & tanks |
Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre |
Light Railways No 196 carried a
news article and photo describing the remains of Kerr Stuart 685 of 1900 (frame, wheels, cab & tanks)
being recovered from Camden, Tasmania for restoration to display at the
Beaconsfield Mine Museum in northern Tasmania. |
|
Tasmanian Timber & Tramway Co. |
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2' 6" Gauge |
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Edie |
0-6-0T |
Krauss 6486 of 1912 |
Frame only, dumped |
Warrentina |
Two locomotives were purchased by
the Tasmanian Timber & Tramway Co for their timber tramway from Bridport
to Forester. Both ended their days at a timber mill at Warrentina, where the
remains of this Krauss locomotive
are dumped. |
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Abe |
0-4-0T |
Orenstein & Koppel 4631 of 1911 |
Frame only, dumped |
Warrentina |
Two locomotives were purchased by
the Tasmanian Timber & Tramway Co for their timber tramway from Bridport
to Forester. Both ended their days at a timber mill at Warrentina, where the
remains of this Orenstein & Koppel
locomotive are dumped. |
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Other Users |
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2' Gauge |
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( - ) |
0-4-2T |
Hunslet 1844 of 1936 |
Workshop |
Sheffield
Steam & Heritage Centre, Sheffield |
Ex-Ida Bay Tramway. This loco
originally featured a 'steam-tram' style overall roof. The Ida Bay Hunslet had been loaned in
the late 1990's to its original railway, the Ida Bay Railway at Lune River,
which now operates as a tourist line. The loco is currently under overhaul at
the Sheffield Steam & Heritage Centre in preparation for working on the
Redwater Creek Railway. |
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( - ) |
0-4-0WT |
Hudswell Clarke 1423 of 1922 |
Operational |
Campbelltown Steam &
Machinery Museum, NSW |
Robert
Hudson / Hudswell Clarke b/n 1423 was originally purchased by National
Portland Cement for their tramway system linking limestone quarries with a
cement plant on Maria Island. It was later purchased by Corrimal Coal &
Coke around 1944 for further work at Corrimal Colliery in the NSW Illawarra
region. Today it is a popular operational exhibit at the Campbelltown Steam
& Machinery Museum. |
|
Wee Georgie Wood |
0-4-0WT |
Fowler 16203 of 1924 |
Operational |
Wee
Georgie Wood Steam Railway Inc. Tullah |
The
Tullah Tramway connected the isolated mining town of Tullah with the Emu Bay
Railway by a short 2' gauge route. The original locomotive to work the line
was this locomotive, which carried the name ‘Wee Georgie Wood’ and over time the train itself came to be
affectionately known by this name. Today Wee Georgie Wood and a portion of
the Tullah Tramway are run by a local community group as a tourist operation. |
|
Wee Mary |
0-4-0WT |
Fowler 17732 of 1928 |
Frame & Wheels only |
Ida Bay Railway, Lune River |
The Tullah Tramway were presumably
pleased with the operation of their 0-4-0WT Fowler locomotive ‘Wee Georgie
Wood’ as a second locomotive ‘Wee Mary’ followed a few years later. The
derelict frames and wheels of Wee
Mary survive at the Lune River sidings of the Ida Bay Railway in
Tasmania's south. |
|
Lukee |
0-4-2T |
Kerr Stuart 742 of 1901 |
Operational |
Red Cliffs Historic Steam Railway Inc., Victoria |
Lukee had been plinthed at Red Cliffs since retirement in 1954.
In 1994 this interesting locomotive was restored by the Red Cliffs Historical
Steam Railway Inc. for operation on their tourist railway. Today Lukee is the
only complete survivor of 15 Kerr Stuart locomotives imported to Australia. |
|
2 |
0-4-0WT |
Krauss 4087 / 5800 of 1899 / 1907 |
Stored |
West
Coast Heritage Centre, Zeehan |
This little Krauss loco No.2 was plinthed in a playground at
Devonport from 1965. In 1983 it was acquired by the West Coast Heritage
Centre, Zeehan and is now stored at the rear of their museum at Zeehan. |
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8 |
0-4-0WT |
Krauss 5480 of 1906 |
Display |
West
Coast Heritage Centre, Zeehan |
Ex-Mt Lyell Mining & Railway
Company No.8. This locomotive is
displayed under a weather roof at the excellent West Coast Heritage Centre,
Zeehan. |
|
1 |
0-4-0T |
Krauss 5682 / 5800 of 1906 / 1907 |
Operational |
Sheffield
Steam & Heritage Centre, Sheffield |
Ex-Zeehan Tramway Co. No.2 & Sandfly Colliery Tramway
No.1. This small locomotive is a hybrid created in the preservation era by
combining two machines, Krauss b/n 5800 & b/n 5682. (Interestingly, the
other half of Krauss b/n 5800 survives in Krauss b/n 4087, above!) In 1962,
the Tasmanian Steam Preservation Society acquired the remains of both
locomotives, and the serviceable components were combined by 1972 to create
an operable machine. Today the hybrid Krauss loco operates at the Redwater
Creek Tramway, Sheffield. |
|
9 |
0-4-0T |
Krauss 5988 of 1908 |
Workshop |
Wee
Georgie Wood Steam Railway Inc. Tullah |
This
much-travelled locomotive was built for the Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Co,
becoming No.9 on their roster. It worked at the Ida Bay Railway from 1947
before moving to the Tullah Tramway in 1949. Krauss b/n 5988 was initially preserved at the Van Diemen
Railway Society at Don in 1972. It moved back to Tullah in 1993 and has been
assessed of overhaul but the old boiler was found to be beyond repair.
Currently the loco is stored in the shed at Tullah while funds are sought for
a replacement boiler. |
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10 |
0-4-0T |
Krauss 6067 of 1910 |
Display |
Invermay Rail Heritage Precinct, Launceston |
Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Co No.10 was purchased by the
Queen Victoria Museum in 1966 and transferred to Launceston by road. The
Tasmanian Steam Preservation Society later leased the loco for running on
their line 'The Second River Tramway' at Karoola. No.10 subsequently moved to
the Redwater Creek Tramway, Sheffield. In July 2001 No.10 moved again for
static display at the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, which has been
established at the former Tasmanian Government Railways workshops at
Invermay. |
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Magnet No.2 |
0-4-0WT |
Orenstein & Koppel 718 of 1901 |
Frames only |
Ida Bay Railway, Lune River |
The frames of O&K 718 are stored together with those of ‘Wee Mary’ at
the Lune River sidings of the Ida Bay Railway in Tasmania's south. This loco
was originally Magnet No.2. |
|
Magnet No.3 |
0-4-4-0T |
Orenstein & Koppel 2609 of 1907 |
Workshop |
Bennett Brook Railway, |
Magnet
No.3 is the survivor of two Mallet locomotives built by Orenstein &
Koppel for the Magnet Tramway in Tasmania. It last worked at a gold mining
operation in Kalgoorlie, WA. Fortunately, it was saved for preservation by a
WA enthusiast and today Magnet No.3 is gradually being restored to operation
at the Bennett Brook Railway. The chassis has been fully overhauled, and the
boiler is generally sound, but replacement side tanks, cab & bunker await
fabrication. It is the only Mallet locomotive preserved in Australia. |