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Built 1955, rebuilt by TGR in 1960. Worked on the Derwent Valley Line and West Coast.

=== Locomotive U5 Timeline ===
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|1951  
|Built by Malcolm Moore Industries, Victoria for Utah Constructions - Malcolm Moore Model 10-102 fitted with a Gardner 6LW engine and Wilson-Drewry transmission.<sup>1</sup>
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|1951 - 1954 
|Engaged on construction work on the S.E.C. (Vic.) Kiewa Hydro-electric Power Scheme.<sup>1</sup>
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|April 1954 
|Stored surplus at Footscray, Vic.<sup>1</sup>
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|July 1959 
|Bought by the Tasmanian Government Railways & shipped to Tasmania.<sup>1</sup>
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|Mid - late 1959 
|Rebuilt to 3'6" gauge and new cab and running boards fitted at Launceston Workshops.<sup>1</sup>
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|8/4/1960  
|Entered service allocated to Smithton.<sup>1</sup>
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|1974 > 1981 
|Stored out of use (but available for service) in Smithton.<sup>1</sup>
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|Mid 1981 
|Stored out of service in Smithton.<sup>1</sup>
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|29/9/1981 
|Written off.<sup>1</sup>
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|June 1982  
|Sold to TTMS member, Ted Lidster.<sup>1</sup>
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|Late August 1982  
|Railed (on KKC wagon) to Hobart.<sup>1</sup>
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|28/1/1984 
|Towed TGR Vulcan Foundry 4-8-2 steam locomotive H2 from Hobart to new Tas. Loco. Co. Depot at Cadburys.<sup>1</sup>
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|16/12/1989 
|Last loco to use Cadbury's warehouse siding.<sup>1</sup>
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|17/12/1993 
|Transfer run of T.L.Co. rolling stock from Cadburys to DVR New Norfolk. Final rail vehicle to traverse the Cadburys Branch.<sup>1</sup>
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|20/8/2002 
|Transported to Strahan for trackwork trains on West Coast Wilderness (Abt) Railway.<sup>1</sup>
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|5/9/2002 
|Returned to DVR New Norfolk, having worked between Strahan and Dubbil Barril.<sup>1</sup>
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|Late 2002 
|Track maintenance trains worked as far as Westerway.<sup>1</sup>
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|January 2011 
|Out of service for running gear overhaul.<sup>1</sup>
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|2020
|DVR relaunch recommissioned
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|References:

# Stephen Zvillis 2021
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