D21 - Diesel Mechanical locomotive, 1968

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V12 Diesel Mechanical locomotive which was later re numbered to D21

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TGR outline diagram for V class locos (L20)

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TGR outline diagram for VA class locos (L30)

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A 1964 trade advertisement showing two of the operators of this style of loco

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Historical information

D21 - Diesel Mechanical locomotive
Date built - 1968
Original owner - TGR
Original gauge - 1067mm
Withdrawn - 1983
Built to 3'6" gauge in 1968 by the Tasmanian Government Railways and numbered V12, ownership of this Diesel Mechanical locomotive was transferred to Australian National Railways (Tas.) in 1978. It was withdrawn and sold to the E.T.R.B. in 1983
1968 - D21 ex-Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) V class No.12, built by the TGR Launceston Workshops in 1968 to a design of Vulcan-Drewry (England).

Tasmanian Government Railways V class
The V class were the first diesel locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) with four delivered by the Vulcan Foundry in 1948 to a design by the Drewry Car Co. They were a narrow gauge version of the British Rail Class 04. In 1951 a fellow two were delivered followed by another two in 1955. Between 1959 and 1968 the TGR built a further four at its Launceston Workshops.
Two identical locomotives were purchased by the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company in 1953. When it closed in 1963, 2405 was sold to the Emu Bay Railway as number 22, while 2406 went to the TGR as V13. All the TGR units were withdrawn between 1983 and 1987 while the Emu Bay unit remained in service until 2000.

Ten have been preserved:
V1 by the Bellarine Peninsula Railway, Victoria
V2 by the Don River Railway
V4 by the Hotham Valley Railway, Western Australia
V5 by the Hotham Valley Railway, Western Australia
V7 by the Derwent Valley Railway
V8 by the Bellarine Peninsula Railway, Victoria
V9 by the West Coast Wilderness Railway
V12 by the Puffing Billy Railway, Victoria (regauged to 760 mm gauge and numbered D21)
V13 by the Zig Zag Railway, New South Wales, sold to the West Coast Wilderness Railway, renumbered D2
22 by the West Coast Wilderness Railway, renumbered D1

Tasmanian Government Railways V class
Manufacturer Vulcan Foundry
Tasmanian Government Railways
Entered service 1948
Number built 14
Number preserved 10
Fleet numbers TGR: V1-V13
Emu Bay: 22

Power: 152kW (204hp) or 114kW (153hp)
Motor: Gardner 8L3 (V) or Gardner 6L3 (VA)
Wheel Arrangement: - C -
Weight: 25.6t
Allowable load on 1:40 grade: 170t
Length over headstocks: 6.8m (22ft 6in)
Introduced: 1948
Built By: Vulcan Foundry, England; TGR Workshops, Launceston; Using parts supplied by Drewry Car Co (UK)
Number Preserved: 10
Number In Service: 0
Total Number Built: 14

Significance

Historic - Tasmanian Government Railways - Diesel Mechanical locomotive - V12 / Puffing Billy Railway Diesel Mechanical locomotive D21

Physical description

D21 - Diesel Mechanical locomotive
made of steel

Inscriptions & markings

D21

Subjects

References

Drewry Shunters - V, VA, EBR 22 Drewry Shunters - V, VA, EBR 22

Identifier

000255

Date made

1968

Place made

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

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Accessed 23 December 2024

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