7 1/4" Locos
Evandale
Light Railway and Steam Society
This Railway is situated at Evandale 15 km South of
Launceston.
Go out past the
Public running days are second and last
Sunday each month
starting
about 9.30 a.m.(weather permitting).
The track is entered through the Evandale Market also
known as
My loco is a petrol electric model of a Tasmanian Y class.
It has a 5 HP Kubota petrol motor driving two 24v 50 amp alternators.
These are separately connected to two modified series wound C40 Lucas generators,
one to each bogie, both axles driven, at 12:1 reduction.
The alternators have electronically controlled field voltages allowing
the alternators to deliver 50V @ 25 amps under full load.