Y1

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.

Y1

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Y1 Timeline

Mid 1961		- Built Launceston Workshops, fitted with English Electric 6SRKT Mk. 2.
4/12/1961		- Entered service painted TGR red / yellow
26/8/1970		- Collided with a boulder on the track & derailed, 3 miles south of Antill Ponds heading T. # 86 between Y5 & Y4
4/11/1980		- Level crossing collision, Wrights Ave, Glenorchy.
December 1980		- Cab rebuilt.
March 1986 > 1/6/1986		- Converted to air-brake.
July 1986		- Repainted to AN green/yellow
6/11/1994 & 6/12/94		- Only occasions to work in multiple with fellow air-braked Y5
February 1997		- Repainted to AN yellow/green
Late August 1998		- Re-numbered to No. 2150 (from Y1)
April 2000 > June 2000		- Overhaul.
July 2002 > 24/6/2003		- Cab repairs (damaged by wharf crane in Burnie). Fitted with sealed beam headlight from A1507
August 2011		- Body modifications (DQ side windows; door windows, sealed beam rear headlight, ditch lights, Kaitaki vigilance, DQ heaters, dual horns)
16/12/2011		- Repainted.
16/5/2014		- Officially withdrawn (though still in intermittent service in Burnie).
16/6/2016		- Engine repairs at Burnie.
Early July > Late August 2016		Re-instated for tippler shunting at Burnie
26/8/2016		Stored after failing a safety review (e.g. lack of safety rails)
23/5/2021		Transferred from Burnie to East Tamar Junction on Train No. 1YE behind TR11+TR10
24/6/2021		Shunted into 'Rotten Row' on the Showgrounds loop with all the other stored EEs.
23/8/2021		Offered to Derwent Valley Railway

Photographs[edit | edit source]

Wikipedia Page for Y Class Locomotives in Tasmania:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Government_Railways_Y_class