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The D D design was adapted into a 4-6-2T tank locomotive for suburban passenger use, the D DE (later D 4) class. They were the most numerous locomotive class on the VR, with a total of 261 D D and 58 locomotives built.
The A 2 class was an express passenger locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1907 to 1963. A highly successful design entirely the work of Victorian Railways' own design office, its long service life was repeatedly extended as the Great Depression and later World War II delayed the introduction of more modern and powerful replacement ...
class 4-6-0. ABOVE: D 4 285, Spencer Street, 1950s. Built as DD E 740 at Newport Workshops, placed on register 15/09/1909. Re-numbered 285 16/09/1925 and re-classified D 4 4/1932. Auto-coupled 19/10/1953 North Melbourne Loco.
A measure of their importance to the Victorian state rail system is that out of 640 VR locomotives altogether, 185 were Class A2s. They hauled mainline passenger trains from the time the first entered service in 1907 to their replacement in the mid-1950s.
The Victorian Railways Y class was a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives. The Y class was an example of the new policy of standard design principles being adopted by the railways of the time.
This is the first steam locomotive built by Thompsons Foundry, Castlemaine, Victoria. It is one of a class of 261 locos built as a Victoria Railways DD class. The class was built to operate mainline services, but found unsuitable. More powerful locomotives saw them quickly relegated to branch lines.
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The 4-6-0 type Dd class was the first of seven standard steam locomotives designed by Victorian Railways engineers in the early decades of the 20th century. Intended as a mixed traffic locomotive primarily for use on the light branchlines, it proved a successful and highly versatile engine with 261 built by the government workshops and private ...
