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 Withdrawn from service in 1960.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
1951 Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
1951 Built by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Shipped to Tasmania - unloaded Hobart Hobart
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1960 withdrawn from service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