No.	Photo	Class	Wheel Arrang't	Builder's No. & Year	Status	Location	Notes & References
Emu Bay Railway
3' 6" Gauge
6		-	4-8-0	Dubs 3854 of 1900	Display	West Coast Pioneers Memorial Museum, Zeehan	EBR Nos.6 & 8 are the survivors of a class of four locomotives (others were Nos.7 & 11). The two survivors were chosen to operate the "West Coaster" passenger service on the EBR between Oct. 1960 and Nov.1963: for this duty, they were taken out of storage, overhauled, fitted with valences and smoke deflectors, painted in EBR's 'Two Blues' livery and converted to oil firing.  In preservation, No.6 has been repainted black, with the 1960's valences and deflectors removed. (59) EBR No.6 is now displayed outdoors under a weather roof at the excellent West Coast Pioneers Memorial Museum at Zeehan, as seen in this photo of 8 May 2003. (1)
8		-	4-8-0	Dubs 3856 of 1900	Operational	Don River Railway, Don	EBR No.8 'Heemskirk' was plinthed on the Burnie foreshore in February 1968 (59), but was rescued by the VDRS Don during the 1980's and restored through extensive overhaul during the late 1980s and early 1990's. (1)  During restoration, No.8 has been converted back to coal firing and repainted black, with the 1960's valences and deflectors removed. (59)  This photo is kindly provided by Anthony Winstone and shows EBR No.8 'Heemskirk' within the running shed at Don on 7 November 2004.
Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Company
3' 6" Gauge
1 Abt		-	0-4-2RT	Dubs 3369 of 1896	Operational	West Coast Wilderness Railway, Queenstown	The five Abt-rack locomotives of the Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Co. were used on their private railway from the docks at Strahan to the copper mines at Queenstown on Tasmania's West Coast. This railway route was closed in 1963 and dismantled but was totally rebuilt and officially reopened over the entire route as a tourist railway on 3 April 2003. 1 Abt was donated to the West Coast Pioneers Museum, Zeehan by the Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Company after closure of the line, and was displayed at Zeehan alongside the other railway exhibits.  In about 1998 it was removed (under loan) and restored to operation for the West Coast Wilderness Railway, including a new welded boiler.  The five Abt locos were originally coal burners but converted to oil firing late in their working lives. 1 Abt has now burns diesel fuel on the West Coast Wilderness Railway, and is seen in this photo on the turntable at Dubbil Barril being prepared to take its train up the 1:20 gradient Abt rack section to Rinadeena on 6 May 2003. (1)
2 Abt		-	0-4-2RT	Dubs 3594 of 1898	Display	Tasmanian Transport Museum, Glenorchy, Hobart	2 Abt was donated to the TTM, Glenorchy by the Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Company after closure of their line in 1963.  2 Abt is normally displayed within the replica roundhouse at the TTM but is seen outside the roundhouse during shunting operations in this photo kindly provided by Stuart Dix.
3 Abt		-	0-4-2RT	Dubs 3730 of 1899	Operational	West Coast Wilderness Railway, Queenstown	Abt 3 was preserved in working order at Queenstown after closure of the railway in 1963.  It was kept in an open cage on a short length of track on a grass reserve adjacent to the old station yard, and was still there in the early 1970's. (59)   3 Abt was subsequently plinthed near this location, which became known as 'Miners Siding'.  The plinth was a replica timber bridge on the inclined Abt railway section, under a weather roof, as seen in this photo of May 1993.  In about 1998 3 Abt was removed and restored to operation in about 2000 for the West Coast Wilderness Railway, including a new welded boiler (see also 1 Abt). (1)
4 Abt	-	-	0-4-2RT	Dubs ? of ?	Drowned	Queenstown	4 Abt was the least favoured of the 5 Abt locos by crews of the Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Co, being "all show and no go". When the line was closed in 1963, 4 Abt was adapted for static use at the company limestone quarry, where it was later buried. The quarry site has since filled with water. (44)  4 Abt's poor performance started after its conversion to oil firing. (58)
5 Abt		-	0-4-2RT	North British 24418 of 1938	Operational	West Coast Wilderness Railway, Queenstown	5 Abt was purchased by the ARHS Victoria Division after closure of the Mt Lyell railway in 1963, and sent to the Menzies Creek museum as it was felt it was more appropriate in that collection than at the Williamstown museum. (59)  5 Abt was displayed together with an Abt-rack brake van on an inclined section of rack railway at the Puffing Billy Museum at Menzies Creek, Victoria, as seen in this 1996 photo.  A walkway under the loco showed the Abt rack-and-pinion mechanism. The original 'O class' passenger carriages of the Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Company were also preserved by the Puffing Billy Railway, where they were regauged from 3' 6" to 2' 6" and remain in regular use. (1)  5 Abt & the Abt-brake van have since been acquired by the West Coast Wilderness Railway and 5 Abt was placed on a low loader for the start of its journey back to Tasmania on 19 November 2003.  5 Abt was overhauled under contract by Saunders & Ward, Hobart  (who also overhauled 1 Abt and 3 Abt) and entered service on the West Coast Wilderness Railway in June 2006.  The Abt brake van has also been restored to operation.
4	-	-	0-6-0T	Baldwin ? of ?	Drowned / Components	Queenstown	Abt No 4 and Baldwin No4 were taken to the old limestone quarry (on the right hand side of the road behind the Silver Hills Motel as you enter Queenstown from Zeehan). This quarry was used by Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Co. for lime stone and silica sand and later became a dumping ground for the company's scrap. In later years the mine was serviced by the 2 ft Krauss locos to the smelters.  Today the hole is full of water and about 200 very large rainbow trout.  Local enthusiasts have looked into trying to retrieve parts, but it would be a massive job. (58)
Other Users
3' 6" Gauge
( - )		-	0-6-0T	Fowler 5265 of 1886	Operational	Don River Railway, Don	This Fowler is an attractive locomotive with an interesting history. (1)  It was originally ordered for a gravel tramway at Kiama, NSW, but this venture failed and the loco was sold before use to contractors for construction of government railways in Queensland.  (43) It was transferred to Tasmania by 1898 and apparently used in Macquarie Harbour breakwater construction but unused by 1912, and subsequently stored in Hobart station yard for many years after. (43)  It is now reaching the end of a protracted restoration at the VDRS, including having a new boiler fabricated, and is seen in this photo inside the workshop at the VDRS, Don on 8 May 2003. (1)  UPDATE: This locomotive was returned to operation at the Don River Railway in September 2007.
Vertical Boiler		-	0-4-0VB	Markham & Co, built 1890	Display	Tasmanian Transport Museum, Glenorchy, Hobart	This interesting locomotive is one of only 24 locomotives built by Markham and Co, Chesterfield, England (45).  (A second Markham loco is also preserved in the UK, a 0-4-0ST of 1894 named 'Gladys' (46)).  Vertical boiler locos were sometimes known as 'Coffee Pots', and this engine is the only vertical boiler loco preserved in Australia (excepting railway cranes etc). (1)  After a variety of timber industry owners around Tasmania the locomotive was transferred to a mill at Tyenna in the Derwent Valley, and by 1946 was abandoned in the bush after stationary use powering a water pump.  It was retrieved from the bush by the TTM in 1983 (45) and is now under static restoration as seen in this photograph on 30 April 2003. The locomotive appears to have had vertical cylinders mounted on the near side as seen in this photograph, but these were not evident during my visit of 30 April and are possibly missing, or elsewhere for restoration. (1)  A history of this loco is provided in Light Railways No. 175 (Ref 52, pp3).
Wyett's Beaconsfield Tramway
915mm Gauge
( - )		-	0-4-0T	Kerr Stuart 685 of 1900	Frame, wheels, cab & tanks only	Beaconsfield Mine Museum	Light Railways No 196 carried a news article and photo describing the remains of this locomotive (frame, wheels, cab & tanks) being recovered from Camden, Tasmania for restoration to display at the Beaconsfield Mine Museum in northern Tasmania.  Apparently the locomotive worked on Wyett's Beaconsfield Tramway until the line closed in 1915, and was later moved to Camden where the boiler is thought to have been removed and adapted for stationary use. (77) UPDATE: Mark Smithers has kindly provided this commentary and photographs of Kerr Stuart B/N 685 following a March 2008 visit to Beaconsfield Mine Museum (feature photo, plus this second side view): "Here, I photographed the last mortal remains of Kerr, Stuart 685 of 1900, which consist basically of wheelsets, frames, brake rigging, some motion parts, one cylinder, one badly corroded water tank and a cab in similar condition. The impression of a boiler has been created by using the backhead and flue of an old 'Lancashire' boiler, which has been fitted to the chassis upside down. The surviving original components are of historic interest, however, as they are the last remnants of an abortive class designated the 'Lord Roberts' class by its builders. In reality, no locomotive exactly like the makers' engraving (which shows a standard gauge example was ever produced) and 685 was the closest to this template, differing by virtue of the gauge and being outside framed (and note that the frame spacing for an outside framed 3ft.6in. gauge loco would be about the same as for an inside framed standard gauge one). A major challenge for any credible form of restoration but certainly worthwhile, even if it merely produced 'a replica incorporating original components."
Other Users
2' Gauge
6		-	0-4-2T	Hunslet 1844 of 1936	Stored	Don River Railway, Don	Ex-Ida Bay Tramway. This loco originally featured a 'steam-tram' style overall roof. No.6 had been loaned in the late 1990's to its original railway, the Lune River Railway, which now operates as a tourist line. However it is now under overhaul at the VDRS, Don, as seen in this photo taken inside the workshops on 8 May 2003. (1)
( - )		-	0-4-0WT	Hudswell Clarke 1423 of 1922	Operational	Southern Highlands Vintage Machinery Museum, North Menangle	Originally National Portland Cement, Maria Island, Tasmania.  The loco was later purchased by Corrimal Coal & Coke in about 1944. This photo shows Hudswell Clarke 1423 in the running shed at the Southern Highlands Vintage Machinery Museum at North Menangle (near Campbelltown, Sydney).  It carries a builder's plate that reads "Robert Hudson Ltd, Engine No. 1423, Gildersome Foundry, near Leeds England' but is listed in other sources as a Hudswell Clarke product.
Wee Georgie Wood		-	0-4-0WT	Fowler 16203 of 1921	Operational	Wee Georgie Wood Steam Railway Inc. Tullah	Ex-Tullah Tramway. Wee Georgie Wood is preserved as the operating locomotive on the remaining portion of the Tullah Tramway, as seen in this photo taken inside the depot at Tullah on 8 May 2003. (1)  Some sources have reported that Wee Georgie Wood actually has the frames of sister Wee Mary (below).  A brief history of the Tullah Tramway and its locomotives can be found on the Wee Georgie Wood Steam Railway website.
Wee Mary		-	0-4-0WT	Fowler 17732 of 1928	Frame & Wheels only	Ida Bay Railway, Lune River	Ex-Tullah Tramway. The frames are stored derelict in the Lune River rail sidings, as seen in this photo of 4 May 2003. (1)  Some sources have reported that these are actually the original frames of sister Wee Georgie Wood (above).
Lukee		-	0-4-2T	Kerr Stuart 742 of 1901	Operational	Red Cliffs Historic Steam Railway Inc., Victoria	Lukee was originally dispatched by builders Kerr Stuart to India in 1901 before being returned for rebuilding. Lukee was subsequently delivered to Mt Zeehan Silver & Lead Mines, Zeehan, Tasmania in 1903.   Sold in 1921 to the SA Government for use on the Cobdogla Tramway before being resold in 1924 to the Victoria State Rivers & Water Supply Commission for use on the Redcliffs Tramway.  This loco was withdrawn in 1954 and preserved (48).  After many years of being plinthed, Lukee was restored to operation by the Red Cliffs Historical Steam Railway Inc. for use on their short line at the Red Cliffs Pumping Station, Victoria. (1) Lukee is the only survivor of the 15 Kerr Stuart locos imported to Australia, as listed by John Buckland. (48)  This photograph was kindly provided by Mark Smithers and shows Lukee in operation at Red Cliffs.
2		-	0-4-0T	Krauss 4087 / 5800 of 1899 / 1907	Stored	West Coast Pioneers Memorial Museum, Zeehan	Ex-North Mt Lyell Copper Co, later used by Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Co.  From 1945 this loco was used by Rennison Associated Tin Mines. (47) This machine was rebuilt in 1959 using components of Krauss 4087 and Krauss 5800 (47), which perhaps explains why the cab spectacle plate has one round window and one square! (1)  This little loco was plinthed in a playground at Devonport from 1965 until 1983 (47), but became derelict and was acquired by the West Coast Pioneers Museum and placed into storage at the rear of the museum as seen in this photo of May 1993. Unfortunately the loco was still stored in this way at my last visit in May 2003, but 'metal moths' had eaten much further into the platework. (1)
8		-	0-4-0WT	Krauss 5480 of 1906	Display	West Coast Pioneers Memorial Museum, Zeehan	Ex-Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Company No.8 (47) Krauss 5480 is displayed outdoors under a weather roof at the excellent West Coast Pioneers Memorial Museum, as seen in this photo of 8 May 2003. (1)
( - )		-	0-4-0T	Krauss 5682 / 5800 of 1906 / 1907	Operational	Redwater Creek Tramway, Sheffield	Ex-Commonwealth Carbide.  This locomotive was apparently rebuilt using the other half of Krauss B/N 5800!  (Refer to Krauss 4087 above).  This photo is kindly provided by Russell Dunn and shows Krauss 5682 working at the Redwater Creek Tramway in 1997.
9		-	0-4-0T	Krauss 5988 of 1908	Workshop	Wee Georgie Wood Steam Railway Inc. Tullah	Ex Mt Lyell Mining & Railway Co. No.9, later used at Ida Bay from 1947 before moving to the Tullah Tramway in 1949. Preserved at the VDRS, Don in 1972 before moving to Tullah in 1993. (47) Krauss 5988 is currently awaiting a new boiler; the condemned boiler is plinthed at Tullah (as seen in this photo of 8 May 2003) while the loco is stored boilerless inside the depot. (1) A brief history of the Tullah Tramway and its locomotives can be found on the Wee Georgie Wood Steam Railway website.
10		-	0-4-0T	Krauss 6067 of 1910	Display	Invermay Rail Heritage Precinct, Launceston	Mt. Lyell Krauss No.10 was purchased by the Queen Victoria museum in 1970 and transferred to Launceston by road. It was loaded onto a TGR KG flat wagon and stored outside the roundhouse for some years until the Tasmanian Steam Preservation Society negotiated a lease of the loco for running on their private line 'The Second River Tramway' at Karoola.  No.10 subsequently moved to the Redwater Creek Tramway, Sheffield. (59)  In July 2001 No.10 moved again for static display at the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, which has been established at the former TGR railway workshops at Invermay (11) as seen in this photo kindly provided by Stuart Dix.
( - )		-	0-4-0T	Orenstein & Koppel 718 of 1901	Frames only	Evandale	The frames only of this locomotive are listed as still extant at Evandale, Tasmania, and formerly of the Van Diemen Railway Society, Don in this listing of Preserved Orenstein & Koppel Steam Locomotives, however I believe they are now stored derelict in the Lune River rail sidings as seen in this photo of 4 May 2003. (1) Further information welcome.
3		-	0-4-4-0T	Orenstein & Koppel 2609 of 1907	Workshop	Bennett Brook Railway, Whiteman Park, WA	This interesting locomotive is the survivor of two which originally worked on the Magnet Tramway on the Tasmanian West Coast.  It later worked in the WA goldfields in the Kalgoorlie area.  It is the only Mallet locomotive preserved in Australia, and is under restoration to operation on the Bennett Brook Railway. (1) Russell Dunn has kindly provided these photographs dated 26 February 2006 showing the chassis and boiler; I understand that the chassis has been fully overhauled and the boiler is generally sound, but replacement side tanks, cab and bunker await fabrication. (70)

For an overview of railway operations and preservation in Tasmania, refer to the excellent TasTrain site.