Y1
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.
Y1
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Y1 Timeline
| Mid 1961 | Built Launceston Workshops, fitted with English Electric 6SRKT Mk. 2.1 | |
| 4/12/1961 | Entered service painted TGR red / yellow.1 | |
| 26/8/1970 | Collided with a boulder on the track & derailed, 3 miles south of Antill Ponds heading T. # 86 between Y5 & Y4.1 | |
| 4/11/1980 | Level crossing collision, Wrights Ave, Glenorchy.1 | |
| December 1980 | Cab rebuilt.1 | |
| March 1986 > 1/6/1986 | Converted to air-brake.1 | |
| July 1986 | Repainted to AN green/yellow.1 | |
| 6/11/1994 & 6/12/94 | Only occasions to work in multiple with fellow air-braked Y5.1 | |
| February 1997 | Repainted to AN yellow/green.1 | |
| Late August 1998 | Re-numbered to No. 2150 (from Y1).1 | |
| April 2000 > June 2000 | Overhaul.1 | |
| July 2002 > 24/6/2003 | Cab repairs (damaged by wharf crane in Burnie). Fitted with sealed beam headlight from A1507.1 | |
| August 2011 | Body modifications (DQ side windows; door windows, sealed beam rear headlight, ditch lights, Kaitaki vigilance, DQ heaters, dual horns).1 | |
| 16/12/2011 | Repainted.1 | |
| 16/5/2014 | Officially withdrawn (though still in intermittent service in Burnie).1 | |
| 16/6/2016 | Engine repairs at Burnie.1 | |
| Early July > Late August 2016 | Re-instated for tippler shunting at Burnie.1 | |
| 26/8/2016 | Stored after failing a safety review (e.g. lack of safety rails).1 | |
| 23/5/2021 | Transferred from Burnie to East Tamar Junction on Train No. 1YE behind TR11+TR10.1 | |
| 24/6/2021 | Shunted into 'Rotten Row' on the Showgrounds loop with other stored EEs.1 | |
| 23/8/2021 | Offered to Derwent Valley Railway.1 | |
| References:
1Stephen Zvillis 2021 |
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Wikipedia Page for Y Class Locomotives in Tasmania:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Government_Railways_Y_class