Faced with a steam locomotive fleet that was becoming too old and expensive to operate, the Emu Bay Railway purchased a diesel-hydraulic locomotive from Great Britain in 1953, with the intent of replacing steam locomotives on the mainline. When in service, PVH 1 (the PVH classification standing for Paxman Voith Hydraulic) spent time running mainline trains, but after some time it was shown that although diesel locomotives were the best way, this design of loco was not.
PVH 1 was supplement and then replaced on the mainline by more surplus TGR garratts, the 10 class diesles, and with the delivery of the 11 class, the loco, by now renumbered 21, (the next number in the steam locomotive roster) was fitted with automatic couplers and became the tippler shunter at Burnie. It continued in this role, under both EBR and Tasrail ownership, until it was withdrawn in mid 2001. It was then sold to the Derwent Valley Railway, and the loco was delivered under its own power to the DVR operating base at New Norfolk in a marathon trip in July 2001, although the loco has not operated trains since
| Previous Identity | Class & Number | ATN Number | Post Identity |
| PVH1 | 21 | 21 |
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