Locomotive Y2

Collection ID	12
Collection Status	Operational
Storage Location	New Norfolk Yard

The Y class was based on the then standard EE export design, seen in Australia as the Midland Railway (Western Australia) F class and South Australian 800 class. Eight Y class locomotives were built in batches by the Launceston railway workshops between 1961 and 1972, using parts supplied by English Electric. The new locomotives could operate in multiple with the earlier X class, although different performance characteristics meant that this was not optimal, although the XA class modifications did go some way to improving this. At completion, Y4 was named Rowallan and Y5 Sir Charles Gairdner after the previous and current Tasmanian Governors respectively.

Y2 Withdrawn by AN TasRail in 1991 and stored. Acquired by DVR in 1994.

Y2 Timeline

Date ________________		image __________
Mid 1961		Built Launceston Workshops, fitted with English Electric 6SRKT Mk. 2.¹
22/12/1961		Entered service painted TGR red / yellow.¹
16/7/1991		Last vacuum braked train (D'port - L'ton) with Y6 & Y3 - then to storage.¹
Late July > early Sept. 1991		Intermittent use, shunting in Launceston.¹
25/9/1991		Shunting accident - pushed through rear of Launceston roundhouse wall.¹
26/9/1991		Stored out of service - Launceston.¹
21/1/1994		Towed from Launceston to Mowbray (storage).¹
February 1994		Placed on permanent loan to the Derwent Valley Railway, New Norfolk.¹
20/12/1994		Towed Launceston to Hobart (for DVR).¹
January 1997		Sold to the DVR.¹
5/3/1997		Towed Hobart - Boyer (by ZC16).¹
6/3/1997		Ran Boyer - New Norfolk (light). First run under its own power since 1991.¹
29/6/1997		Returned to mainline service.¹
22 - 23/2/2000		Ran on the longest passenger train since the 1960's (with Y6, X18 & X4) - Hash House Special (D'port - L'ton - Hobart & return).¹
Late 2005		Restricted to yard shunting at New Norfolk (cessation of mainline access).¹
		References: ¹Stephen Zvillis 2021