ERTL mini H8

RIP H8
The Tasmanian Government Railways were taken over by Australian National Railways in 1978, which appears to have prompted a cleanup of redundant railway assets. At this time H2, H3, H4, H5 and H8 were in storage at Launceston and quickly came up for acquisition. Whilst H2 and H5 were preserved, unfortunately H3 and H4 were scrapped in early 1979. a H8 was also largely scrapped, with the boiler and cab cut away, however the complete chassis came into the possession of the Don River Railway. H8's chassis was stored at Coles Beach on the Don River Railway for many years, ostensibly as spares for other preserved H-class locomotives. At some stage the rear frame extension and rear truck were also cut off. (Two tender bodies were scrapped at the same time as H3, H4 & H8. Unfortunately there were never any spare H or M boilers, so the prospect of augmenting H8's remains are now limited.)
H8's remains moved to Inveresk in late 2001 and are now displayed at the restored Invermay