| Tasmanian Government Railways L class | |
| Powertype: | Steam |
| Builder: | Beyer, Peacock & Co |
| Serialnumber: | 5525, 5526 |
| Builddate: | 1912 |
| Totalproduction: | 2 |
| Whytetype: | 2-6-2+2-6-2 |
| Driverdiameter: | 3feet |
| Fueltype: | Coal |
| Boilerpressure: | 1602NaN2 |
| Cylindersize: | 15x |
| Tractiveeffort: | 301712NaN2 |
| Operator: | Tasmanian Government Railways |
| Fleetnumbers: | L1-L2 |
| Withdrawndate: | 1945 |
| Disposition: | Both scrapped |
The Tasmanian Government Railways L class was a class of 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways.
In 1912, the Tasmanian Government Railways took delivery of two 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt locomotives from Beyer, Peacock & Co, Manchester. They were designed to haul freight trains. However, they did on occasions haul passenger trains. Both were withdrawn in 1930 after the Q class entered service. However, a motive power shortage during World War II saw both overhauled and returned to service in 1943. Both were withdrawn when replaced by Australian Standard Garratts in 1945.[1] [2] [3]