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Tasmanian Government Railways P Class
The Tasmanian Government Railways P Class was a 2-6-2T locomotive bought second hand from a timber company in New South Wales. It was withdrawn in c.1941; having spent the majority of its service in or around Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston Workshops and Yards. Industrial Service The locomotive was built in 1919 at the Clyde Engineering works in Sydney for the Allen Taylor & Company that operated a 1067 mm bush tramway on the Mid North Coast from Myall Lakes through Wootton and over the Pacific Highway, Australia, Pacific Highway to timber leases at Coolongolook, New South Wales, Coolongoolook. The locomotive was named ''Wootton'' and commenced service in January 1920. However, it proved too heavy for the line and within a year it was put up for sale.Steam Locomotives of the Tasmanian Government Railways and its Constituents ''Australian Railway History'' issue 917 March 2014 page 10 At the same time, the Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) was short of rolling stock and l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Engineering
Clyde Engineering was an Australian manufacturer of locomotives, rolling stock, and other industrial products. It was founded in September 1898 by a syndicate of Sydney businessmen buying the Granville factory of timber merchants Hudson Brothers. The company won contracts for railway rolling stock, a sewerage system, trams and agricultural machinery. In 1907 it won its first contract for steam locomotives for the New South Wales Government Railways. By 1923 it had 2,200 employees. After contracting during the depression it became a major supplier of munitions during World War II. In 1950 it was awarded the first of many contracts for diesel locomotives by the Commonwealth Railways after it was appointed the Australian licensee for Electro-Motive Diesel products. Apart from building locomotives and rolling stock, Clyde Engineering diversified into telephone and industrial electronic equipment, machine tools, domestic aluminium ware, road making and earth making equipmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
