EBR No.21

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Built for Emu Bay Railway and used as a mixed traffic loco, and later as a shunting loco. Taken over by AN TasRail in 1998. Purchased by DVR in 2001.

1950 - Ordered via agents Knox Schlapp Pty Ltd (Order No. L9)
Early 1953 - Built by North British Locomotive Co., Glasgow Scotland.
18/9/1953 - Shipped into Burnie aboard the ship "Herefordshire".
27/11/1953 - Entered service with E.B.R. numbered PVH1 (Paxman Voith Hydraulic).
By 30/9/1960 - Repainted from green to two tone blue. Renumbered from PVH1 to EBR No. 21
1963 - Withdrawn from mainline operation and restricted to shunting and maintenance trains.
1969 - Engaged in the refurbishment of the Rosebery - Melba section.
1970 - Permanent Burnie shunter.
May 1989 - Overhauled and repainted. Yellow headstocks in place of red.
February 2001 - Withdrawn from service.
July 2001 - Sold to Derwent Valley Railway, New Norfolk.
29/7/2001 - Ran from Burnie to New Norfolk, then stored (radiator leaks)
January 2011 - Returned to operation shunting New Norfolk yard.