Tasmanian Government Railways Q class

In 1922/23, the Tasmanian Government Railways took delivery of six 4-8-2 locomotives from Perry Engineering, Gawler followed by a further three in 1929 from Walkers Limited, Maryborough.^[1] Between 1936 and 1945, a further 10 were built by Clyde Engineering, Sydney.^[2][3] The final four were delivered with higher pressure boilers.^[4][5][6]

They operated on the Western, Derwent Valley, Main and Fingal lines. Following the arrival of the X class, they began to operate suburban passenger services in Hobart. The first was withdrawn in 1957 with the final examples withdrawn in January 1964 following the Y class entering service.^[5][7] Q5 has been preserved at the Tasmanian Transport Museum, Glenorchy.^[8][9]

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