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H2 Photographs
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Steam Locomotive H2 Timeline
| Date | |
| 1951 - October 12th | Belpariel docked at Hobart with eight H class Steam Locomotives, H1 through H8, as deck cargo.
On same ship were V5 and V6. All the H class locos were unloaded at Hobart then towed to Launceston railway workshops. |
| 1951 - Nov/Dec | H2 entered service. But only able to operate North of Parattah due to height of Rhyndaston Tunnel. |
| 1956 - Sept | H2 repainted Red (with H6) to match saloon passenger carriages |
| 1960s - early | due for heavy overhaul and boiler retubing but management decided to withdraw
when deemed unfit to remain in service (due to the introduction of diesel electrics) |
| 1961 - May | Stored at Launceston Roundhouse |
| 1966 | After H7 having problems H2 was brought out of storage for a major overhaul |
| 1967 - September | Overhaul finished with fresh coat of red paint. |
| 1971 - February | With H5 in the Railway Centenary Celebrations |
| 1971-1975 | Hobart suburban passenger trains,Tasman Limited feeder trains (between Launceston and Western Junction),
special passenger trains and occasional goods trains. |
| 1975 - October | Need for major boiler repairs -> withdrawn from traffic |
| 1979 - May | at same time as H5 sold by ANR, H2 sold to "two Hobart rail enthusiasts." |
| 1979 - June | Transferred to Hobart. |
| 1987 - April | Excursion trains mainly Hobart to Maydena |
| 1991 - late | Ownership moved from Tasmanian Locomotive Company to Derwent Valley Railway Preservation Society. |
| Until May 1994 | Operating out of New Norfolk Yard |
| 1994 - May | Boiler required repairs |
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Wikipedia Page H Class Locomotives in Tasmania:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Government_Railways_H_class_(1951)