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for the company. Although rejected by the directors, it was accepted by the shareholders in early 1967. In the late 1960s the line was upgraded to carry heavier trains and in
January 1970 reopened from Rosebery to
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The Emu Bay
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to operate. In 1897 the Emu Bay
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was introduced between Burnie and
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diesel-hydraulics entered service. The latter two classes operated in multiples of up to eight.
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carriages ABL1 and 2, which retained their two-tone blue livery. During the construction of the
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The origins of the Emu Bay
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The Emu Bay
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workshops. With a large increase in traffic forecast, in 1970/71 seven
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The
History of Tasmania From its Discovery in 1642 to the Present Time
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The North British Locomotive Company diesel has been preserved by the
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Stock Exchange. Following the closure of the Tasmanian government
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and repainted in two-tone blue livery, along with three former
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delivered in 1930, that were augmented in the 1950s by five
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following the closure of the Zeehan section until 1998.
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337:and Waratah. In 1940, a double bogie
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647:EZ bids $ 1.7 million for Emu Bay
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435:North British Locomotive Company
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