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The Tasmanian Government Railways J class was a one locomotive class of 2-6-4-0T steam locomotives operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways. It was also known as "Hagan's Patent".

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To operate trains on the North East Dundas Tramway, the Tasmanian Government Railways purchased a locomotive from Maschinenfabrik Christian Hagans, Erfurt in 1901. The locomotive had an articulated 2-6-4-0 wheel arrangement. Its weight played havoc with the light rails it ran over, basically it destroyed all the rails it ran on similar to the Soviet Railway's Class AA20 and by 1910, it was replaced by the K class 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratts. No. J1 wasn't preserved, and it was scrapped after being replaced by the Tasmanian Government Railways K class 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratts.

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