David Lidster's photos

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U3 at Smithton shunting ARHS tour train

wagons being scrapped, near trun off to St Leonards?

Y2 on the turntable at Hobart

C loco at Stanley, in reserve or awaiting scrapping

CC26 and 27 being cut up at Mowbray. Ted and David recovered a reversing lever from one of these locos at this time. Is that the basis of a restoration?

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V7 in Launceston yard

DP28(?) Launceston

DP13 at Diesel Shop. Power bogie removed

TGR travelling cranes, Ulverstone. These were based here for bridge works?

EBR ABL1 at Burnie

EBR C4 open wagon, Burnie

EBR open wagon A3, Burnie

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EBR hopper O10

TGR PA well wagon at South Burnie. The HEC had a bit of style in their day

EBR concentrate wagon Z36

Z36 from another angle

Camp 167 at Launceston(?) ex BB class carriage

iron bridge over Henty River

abandoned MtLM&RCo hopper. Now at Redwater Creek

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Mt Lyell carriage body in Queenstown

Mt Lyell No. 3 in steam at Queenstown. Apparently MtLM&RCo used to steam up an Apt loco for holidays and celebrations for many years

No. 3's motion

Blowing off is loud?

X29 pulls an M out of a shed somewhere

EBR open wagon A no. 1 with gang motor no. 24 on board

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brand new EBR XV guards vans

and new X class concentrate wagons

a string of the older Z class wagons

HG Grover bogie cattle wagon

an interesting view over Hobart station

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M# at the head of a tour train in the Midlands?

brand new Y6

Camp 167

bogie camp ex BA class

six wheel camp underframe

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Ulverstone

rake of new QF coal hoppers at Bridgewater

wagons being scrapped, Invermay

C22 and an E off the turntable, Launceston

Y1 at the head of a Hobart Show special, ready to depart Hobart station

X25 with an up Show special at Derwent Park

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show day specials at Hobart station

an X hauled down(?) freight at Ross(?)

inside a U cab

V5, possibly at Smithton

an FM and a KG on Kings Pier, Hobart

U3 in Launceston

U4

view of Launceston turntable

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Mount Lyell No.2. Looks like the shed is being demolished around it

A Flying Flea. Mount Lyell DP1, ex TGR DP18 or 19. The opportunity to preserve this was turned down, apparently. Reason? No engine

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remains of the pillars from the Longford bridge in Launceston yard c.1967. This refutes the claim that they were scrapped during the war.

C22 and the E again

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WW1 rail recovery unit. Was a cut down Drewry 'Butterbox' railmotor, DP3

VA8

small limestone hopper at Boyer. Limestone was used in the chlorination plant.

DP caught out the car window on Bridgewater causeway

a WG and trailer at Bridgewater

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Don River Railway in its early days when it was originally going to be 2ft gauge. Delivery of a locomotive apparently

EBR brake van

EBR hopper O2

Hobart yard. KKC loaded with steel sections

Hobart yard. EEE13

Hobart yard. CCC141. Note the bright red EEP in background. Wagon red was a pretty fluid thing, changing shade regularly. A less brown shade seem to come into use in the mid-60's, as seen here

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DB37, Hobart yard

water column, Hobart yard

QQT1, Hobart yard. This was a side dumper with large hydraulic rams. These were powered by a Wisconsin engine which can be seen mounted under cover on the end of the wagon.

Hobart yard

XA3 departing Hobart

EBR B8, Burnie

EBR C3, Burnie

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A couple of long exposure night shots, presumably in Hobart. Freak is rightfully proud of these

apparently St Marys water tank

More of C22 and E2 at Launceston

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Anyone have any idea what the Wisconsin engine is bolted to the end of the QQT for?

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The tops of hydraulic cylinders can be seen at the top centres of each of the visible hopper sides and a hydraulic fluid storage tank is just visible under the canopy behind the engine. The engine would power a hydraulic pump. The QQT is on diagram W84. Bit of a gumbo slap up job. Chassis looks to be FFF with these, I assume, side tipping hoppers rather roughly mounted. If they are tipping, then they only tip one way. Looks to be carrying demolition rumble.

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a W in the darkness

Travelling crane no. 3 at Macquarie Plains

a clerestory ABL, presumably at Launceston. ABD behind

EEP23

wagons on Kings Pier, Hobart, unloading fodder

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H2 Launceston

DDE van

BBA side door suburban

weed killing train

DB39 as converted to furniture van

C22

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X16 at the head of a southbound Tasman Limited at Conara. Note the SSS behind loco.

A few shots of rerailed wagons. My guess is Stonor?

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Coal tippler at Cornwall mine

EBR 1003, Burnie. This photo really shows where EBR's two tone blue colour scheme came from. Note the ocean and sky.

WW1 at Stanley
A few shots of new HF coal hoppers

view of Kings Wharf, Hobart, with wagons