EBR No.21
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Built for Emu Bay Railway and used as a mixed traffic loco, and later as a shunting loco. Taken over by AN TasRail in 1998.
Purchased by DVR in 2001.
LOCOMOTIVE PVH1 / No.21 Timeline
| 1950 | Ordered via agents Knox Schlapp Pty Ltd (Order No. L9).1 |
| Early 1953 | Built by North British Locomotive Co., Glasgow Scotland.1 |
| 18/9/1953 | Shipped into Burnie aboard the ship "Herefordshire".1 |
| 27/11/1953 | Entered service with E.B.R. numbered PVH1 (Paxman Voith Hydraulic).1 |
| By 30/9/1960 | Repainted from green to two tone blue. Renumbered from PVH1 to EBR No. 21.1 |
| 1963 | Withdrawn from mainline operation and restricted to shunting and maintenance trains.1 |
| 1969 | Engaged in the refurbishment of the Rosebery - Melba section.1 |
| 1970 | Permanent Burnie shunter.1 |
| May 1989 | Overhauled and repainted. Yellow headstocks in place of red.1 |
| 1998 | Transferred to AN TasRail. |
| February 2001 | Withdrawn from service.1 |
| July 2001 | Sold to Derwent Valley Railway, New Norfolk.1 |
| 29/7/2001 | Ran from Burnie to New Norfolk, then stored (radiator leaks).1 |
| January 2011 | Returned to operation shunting New Norfolk yard.1 |
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