Entered service 1948 Number preserved 10 | Number built 14 | |
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Manufacturer Vulcan FoundryTasmanian Government Railways Fleet numbers TGR: V1-V13Emu Bay: 22 Operator(s) Tasmanian Government RailwaysEmu Bay Railway | ||
The Tasmanian Government Railways V class was a class of diesel locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways.
History
The V class were the first diesel locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) with four delivered by the Vulcan Foundry in 1948 to a design by the Drewry Car Co. They were a narrow gauge version of the British Rail Class 04. In 1951 a fellow two were delivered followed by another two in 1955. Between 1959 and 1968 the TGR built a further four at its Launceston Workshops.
Two identical locomotives were purchased by the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company in 1953. When it closed in 1963, 2405 was sold to the Emu Bay Railway as number 22, while 2406 went to the TGR as V13. All the TGR units were withdrawn between 1983 and 1987 while the Emu Bay unit remained in service until 2000.
Ten have been preserved: