Re: Looking Back... Tasmania 1974

["ben scaro" <bscaro@hotmail.com>]

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Hi

Didn't Y7 go through a few experimental schemes- red with yellow and black 
end stripes and another one- before it was painted in the yellow scheme ?

Cheers

Ben

>From: "Melanie J. Dennis" <meld.asg@netspeed.com.au>
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>Subject: Looking Back...  Tasmania 1974
>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:38:45 +1000
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>Looking Back:         A week's travelling around Tasmania  1st - 8th Feb. 
>1974.
>At this time, the livery (yes Virginia, they did have silver bogies) 
>changeover from red to yellow had been underway for around 2-1/2 years.  
>The Z / ZA locos were delivered new in the yellow livery as were Y7 and Y8.
>
>Part 1:   1st - 4th February:
>
>Fri. 1st Feb.:  Last day at work before holidays:
>07:55  -  ZA4 (No.1 end leading) on #254 log train departing South Burnie 
>after picking up loading for Longreach.
>A rare sighting of this train as it was running very late:  it normally 
>crossed #205 goods at Ulverstone at 06:50.
>
>Sat. 2nd Feb.:
>Went to Don Heads to follow and phot. west-bound "Tasman Ltd" back to 
>Burnie.
>X8 + X10 (both red) with consist DZ3, DA1, ACS1, ACS3.
>Locos X8 and 10 appeared to have been captive on this set since at least 
>Tues. 29th Jan.
>
>Mon. 4th Feb.:
>Z1 on #234 roadside freight east passed Sulphur Creek (11:00) and shunted 
>at Penguin (11:06).  This was the return service of #205(?) which then 
>turned around at South Burnie.  By this time, it was common for one of the 
>large Z / ZA to head these trains, running long end leading one way, there 
>being no way to turn them at South Burnie.
>
>Railton (12:10):  X15 was shunting E233 and C290 (both four wheel, wooden 
>body wagons).
>
>Deloraine (12:46): X8 + X10 arrived on the Hobart-bound "Tasman Ltd" (#226) 
>with consist AAR2, AAR4, ACS3, ACS1, DA1, DZ3.  The two 'AAR' cars had been 
>added for a rowdy group of Sea Cadets going to camp.  In the yard, a loaded 
>rake of 'FE' log wagons (possibly off Mole Creek branch line service #242) 
>awaited transfer to Longreach.
>
>Western Junction:  A station with two platform faces built in the middle of 
>a wye formed by the meeting of the Main Line (from Hobart), the Western 
>Line (from the north west coast) and the eleven mile line (north) down to 
>Launceston.  A three-way meet took place every day except Sundays.
>
>a)    13:38:  Z2 had already arrived with #67 Launceston - Western Jcn. 
>'Feeder' service - consist EEP (mail / luggage van), BBL, AAL and parked 
>the cars in their usual position at the Launceston (northern) end of the 
>Main Line platform.  Loco had already run around cars.
>b)    At 13:40 (2 mins. down),  #40, the Hobart to Wynyard "Tasman Ltd" 
>service arrived via the south-to-west curve and backed into the Western 
>Line platform to become #223 - consist X17 (red) + X7 (yellow), EEP, DZ, 
>DA, ACS, ACS.  Sometimes, locos uncoupled and moved forward to refuel.  X17 
>and X7 appeared to be captive on this servcie as they had been seen on 19th 
>Jan.
>c)    At 13:54 (11 down), the "Tasman Ltd" consist (#226) seen previously 
>at Deloraine arrived via the west-to-south, then reversed into the Main 
>Line platform (shared with the 'Feeder' Service) with the Wynyard - Hobart 
>service to then become #67.
>d)    Didn't note departure times of #223 and #67 as I was too busy driving 
>to spot to photograph Z2 (long hood leading) and 3 cars (now as #226) 
>departing for Launceston at 14:08.
>
>Through all this, 0-6-0DM shunter V11 (second of class in yellow) sat 
>shutdown in the loop which parallels the northern leg of the wye.  Over in 
>the marshalling yard, X23 (very tired red) was shunting.
>
>Newstead (suburban Launceston where East Tamar depot now is):  At 15:20, Z3 
>(No.1 end leading) headed #233 MT log train, heading for the north-west 
>coast.
>
>Over at Launceston Roundhouse, grubby, faded red pacific MA4 was the only 
>loco in steam, on steam-cleaner duty.  By this time, Launceston had ceased 
>lighting up a stand-by steamer each week-day and MA4 was confined to her 
>lowly duty, at reduced boiler pressure.  By early October, her boiler was 
>condemned after damage to the firebox - someone didn't watch the water...
>
>In the Diesel Shops were:
>X6 (yellow - was the first repaint in late 1971) - repairs due to blown 
>exhaust plugs and minor derailment damage when shunting South Burnie yard 
>30th Jan.
>V7 (red) - major overhaul (had arrived from Hobart Fri. 4th Jan).
>X25 (red) - major overhaul (prolonged due to shortage of crankshafts - was 
>nearly first 'X' withdrawn.
>Y6 (red) - engine change (new into traffic 1/9/1970)
>In the 'Load Tank' - X11 (red)
>Outside the diesel shops:  X24 (red) and a Z or ZA.
>
>In the evening, ZA1 + ZA2 (back to back) on #235 freight passed St. 
>Leonards at 19:59, powering up the 1 in 40 climb to Western Junction (due 
>there at 19:50 to cross #236).
>
>Meanwhile, back at the Junction:   At 20:21, Y2 (yellow) on a very short 
>transfer freight of grover bogie van EXP9 and guards van DB3 (now at the 
>Tas. Transport Museum) ran the short distance from the marshalling yard to 
>sit in the loop behind V11 (still there from earlier in the day).  Yellow 
>X20 was shunting loading into the Western line loops, possibly for Y2 to 
>transfer to Launceston.
>
>At 20:37, red pair X13 + X31 (elephants) arrived from the north-west with 
>#236 freight.  They ran forward through the Western Line platform 
>(west-to-north), then reversed their consist through the Main Line platform 
>(north-to-south) curve and into the marshalling yard.  This cleared the 
>Western Line to allow the previously sighted ZA1 + ZA2 to power up the bank 
>and through the station a few minutes later at 20:44.
>
>Poor light then stopped play - end of Day 1.
>
>Melanie Dennis
>Australian Steam Group
>
>
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