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Maikha
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Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:25 pm
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G'day all
I've always been curious, yet intrigued about the railways in Tasmania, and hope to one day get to spend abit of time exploring them as such. (The closest I've been is our 10 Class diesel hydraulic locos at ZZR  ).
I recall on a video "Railways of Tasmania, Part 4" (?) they featured footage of a nice mainline steam locomotive, H2, and I'm curious to know, how often do mainline steam tours operate in Tasmania, and what mainline steam locomotives are there that are preserved and operate these tours?
Cheers
Maikha "V" Ly
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Maikha Ly
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tasrail
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 9:04 am
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H2 has been out of service since about 1996, and its return to service is a while off yet.
At the moment, M5 from the Tasmanian Transport Musuem is the only mainline steam loco in southern Tasmania. Either the Transport Musuem or Derwent Valley use the loco on public mainline trains every few months. The last weekend in June is the next public trip.
Up North, the Don River have a couple fo locos - M4 and MA2 are the mainones that have been operating in the last year or so. The Dubs and CCS25 can probably go mainline if needed, but aren't as comfatably to drive as the M class. Mainline steam trips up that way are a bit rarer at the moment, two or three weekends a year or so.
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Vulcan Foundry
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 11:16 am
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| tasrail wrote: | H2 has been out of service since about 1996, and its return to service is a while off yet.
At the moment, M5 from the Tasmanian Transport Musuem is the only mainline steam loco in southern Tasmania. Either the Transport Musuem or Derwent Valley use the loco on public mainline trains every few months. The last weekend in June is the next public trip.
Up North, the Don River have a couple fo locos - M4 and MA2 are the mainones that have been operating in the last year or so. The Dubs and CCS25 can probably go mainline if needed, but aren't as comfatably to drive as the M class. Mainline steam trips up that way are a bit rarer at the moment, two or three weekends a year or so.
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Stuart |
I guess that the H class needs some serious work done to make it operational again. Whats the main problem with it Stuart ?
"To err is human. To blame somebody else for it shows managerial potential"
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tasrail
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 11:33 am
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Boiler work mostly. The tbes have been replaced, some structual welding carried out. I believe that some stay weling is still be being carried out. Once this is done and it passes a hydro test, it then needs to be certified. I'm not sure how work to the frame is going/has gone. Once the boiler and frame are OK, its not a 5 minute jobs to put the two together.
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Stuart
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Vulcan Foundry
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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 1:38 pm
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| tasrail wrote: | Boiler work mostly. The tbes have been replaced, some structual welding carried out. I believe that some stay weling is still be being carried out. Once this is done and it passes a hydro test, it then needs to be certified. I'm not sure how work to the frame is going/has gone. Once the boiler and frame are OK, its not a 5 minute jobs to put the two together.
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Thats one of the real problems nowadays is the time taken in returning an engine to workable order. At Don there never seems to be enough trades people to assist in the workshop, so I imagine its the same down south. Also the fact the as a preservation society we don't have the resources or money that TGR had when these engines were working the mainline.
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