Y1

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The Y class was based on the then standard English Electric 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.

Photographs

Y 1.jpg
Y1 TED - 1.jpg
Y1 TED - 2 b.jpg
Y1 photo by Tom.jpg 2022 New Norfolk

Locomotive 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16/5/2014 Officially withdrawn (though still in intermittent service in Burnie).1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

Drawing

Y Class Engine rotated and cropped.jpg

Wikipedia Page for Y Class Locomotives in Tasmania:

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