M1

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Built for Tasmanian Government Railways and used mainly as a passenger loco. Withdrawn from service in 1960. Stored and preserved in a park at Ross in 1971. Acquired by DVR in April 2000 and transferred to New Norfolk soon after and stored.

Locomotive M1 Chronology

1951 Built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England Stephenson and Hawthorns M1.jpg
Shipped to Tasmania - unloaded Hobart Hobart 1952 M Class locomotives ex Christen Smith Hobart, on the 15th September 1952 unloading M engines hobart PH30-1-3508.jpg
In Service Tasmania
Used mostly
1960 withdrawn from service
1971 Stored in park at Ross
2000 Acquired by DVR and transferred to New Norfolk Yard


Wikipedia Site for M Class Locomotives in Tasmania:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Government_Railways_M_class_(1952)