Locomotive Y2

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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Y2 was withdrawn by AN TasRail in 1991 and stored for a while until acquired by DVR in 1994.

Locomotive Y2 Photographs

Y Loco Under Construction.jpg
210529 1999 Dennis DVR booklet 3 Y2 post 1995 photo Dennis Hewitt.jpg
Y2 IMG 1067.jpg

Locomotive 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

Drawings

Appendix 2.jpg photograph from Dennis Hewitt (no.26)


It is not known which publication this was artwork for..

Other

Wikipedia Page for Y Class Locomotives in Tasmania:

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