Tasmanian Government Railways G class

The Tasmanian Government Railways G class was a class of two 0-4-2T steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways. In 1896 the railway bought them from Sharp, Stewart and Company of Glasgow to work the North East Dundas Tramway. Shortly after entering service, G1 was destroyed on 17 May 1897 when its boiler exploded, killing the crew and flinging the boiler 30 metres into the air to land 230 metres away. A replacement arrived in 1900 and took on the identity of G1. After the railway closed, both were sold to the Isis Sugar Mill in Cordalba, Queensland, and converted to tender locomotives. G1 ended up at a Childers service station and has since disappeared, and G2 was illegally cut up at St Marys in 1991.