Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company 2-4-0WT (1854)

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Victorian 2-4-0WT
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Robert Stephenson & Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Serial number954-957, 1080, 1183, 1184, 1268, 1269, 1377, 1378, 1458-1460, 1620, 1802, 1803, 1991
Build date1854-1971
Total produced18
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 2-4-0 WT
Gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian broad gauge
Leading dia. 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) [1]
Driver dia.1st five: 4 ft 7.5 in (1,410 mm) [2]
Remainder of class: 5 ft 0 in (1,520 mm) [2]
Wheelbase 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) [1]
  Coupled7 ft 0 in (2,130 mm) [1]
Length:
  Over couplers27 ft 9+12 in (8.471 m) [1]
Height11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) [1]
Axle load
Loco weight29  long tons  12 cwt (66,300 lb or 30.1 t) [3]
1904 diagram - Motor: 32  long tons  0 cwt 3 qr (71,760 lb or 32.55 t) [1]
Fuel typeCoke
Fuel capacity5  long cwt (600 lb or 300 kg) [3]
Water cap.510 imp gal (2,300 L; 610 US gal) [3]
1904 diagram - Motor: 1,171 imp gal (5,320 L; 1,406 US gal) [1]
Firebox:
  Grate area12.25 sq ft (1.138 m2) [3]
Boiler pressure1904 diagram: [1]
  • 246, 252, 254: 90  psi (621  kPa)
  • 256, 258: 130  psi (896  kPa)
Heating surface:
  Firebox67.15 sq ft (6.238 m2) [3]
  Tubes664.45 sq ft (61.729 m2) [3]
  Total surface731.60 sq ft (68 m2) [3]
Cylinders 2, outside
Cylinder size 1st five: 12 in × 20 in (305 mm × 508 mm) [2]
Remainder of class: 14 in × 22 in (356 mm × 559 mm) [2]
Performance figures
Tractive effort 1904 diagram - 130psi: 7,474  lbf (33.25  kN) [1]
Career
First run25 December 1854
Last run26 May 1906
(51.4 years)

This was a group of 18 2-4-0WT passenger steam locomotives, built by Robert Stephenson & Company.

Contents

History

Owners

Over the years, new Stephenson 2-4-0WT locomotives were ordered and operated by the various private operators of the early Victorian railway network and later the Victorian Railways.

Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company (M&HBR) 1854–1865

M&HBR's 2-4-0WT (1854)
Specifications
Career
Operators
Number in class10
Numbers1–4, 6–9, 11
Melbourne, Sandridge, Victoria, Yarra, St Kilda, Rapid, Meteor
Delivered1854
First run25 December 1854
Last run26 May 1906
(51.4 years)
Disposition5 sold, 5 became Victorian Railways N class
All later scrapped

The first two locomotive for the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company (B/n 954–955) arrived in Hobson's Bay aboard the vessel 'Jane Francis' on 23 November 1854 and were unloaded three weeks later. The first commenced running on 25 December and the second on 5 January 1855, thereafter each working the traffic on alternate days. [4] The ship 'Hannah Conner' reached Melbourne on 23 January 1955 with the next two engines (B/n 956–957) and by April 1855 all four were in service, being used in rotation. [4] A fifth locomotive (B/n 1080), ordered in anticipation of the opening of the company's branch to St Kilda, arrived on the 'Magna Bona' on 12 June 1857. [4] These five locomotives were named Melbourne (954), Sandridge (955), Victoria (956), Yarra (957), and St Kilda (1080).

Two locomotives (B/n 1183–1184) were built in 1858, with the same wheel arrangement but with larger dimensions than the first five including 14 in × 22 in (356 mm × 559 mm) cylinders and 5 ft (1,500 mm) diameter wheels. [4] These were named Rapid (1183), and Meteor (1184). In 1860, another two of this larger type were added (B/n 1268–1269). [4] This was followed by a third (B/n 1458), which arrived on the ship 'Express' on 28 June 1863. [5] Unlike the previous locomotives, these remained unnamed.

Victoria was sold to Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company in 1858 and Melbourne and Yarra were sold to St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company in 1862. Sandridge was taken out of running service in 1863. [4] When the M&HBR was amalgamated with the Melbourne Railway Company on 30 June 1865, the six remaining operating locomotives and Sandridge passed to the newly named Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company.

Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company (M&SR) 1858–1862

M&SR's 2-4-0WT (1861)
Specifications
Career
Operators
Number in class2
Numbers10, Kew
Builders number 1378
Delivered1861
First runOctober 1861
Last run1882
(20.8 years)
DispositionBoth sold
All later scrapped

The Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company purchased Victoria from the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company in December 1858 (for £2408.13.11) to run from Princes Bridge to Hawthorn, but did not enter service until after the line opened 5 February 1859. [4]

With the extension of the M&SR's line to Hawthorn in 1861, a further 2 locomotives were ordered, they arrived on the ship 'Water Nymph' on 20 May 1861. [6] The first entered service in October 1861 named Kew (B/n 1377). The other one, builders number 1378, could not be paid for and was sold to Cornish & Bruce, contractors for the Bendigo line. [4]

The company was facing financial trouble and was sold at auction on 31 March 1862 to the Melbourne Railway Company.

St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company (SK&BR) 1861–1865

On 1 February 1861, the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company hired two engines, Melbourne and Yarra, from the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company, before purchasing them on the 1 February 1862. [4] Working of the SK&BR was later taken over by the Melbourne Railway Company with the stock of the two companies pooled and these two engines passed into the laters control on 1 May 1862 but not into their ownership. [4] The SK&BR was eventually purchased by the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company on 1 September 1865, and these two locomotives rejoined the rest of the class.

Melbourne Railway Company (MRC) 1862–1865

MRC's 2-4-0WT (1863)
Specifications
Career
Operators
Number in class2
Numbers12, 13
Windsor, Prahran
Delivered1863
First runOctober 1863
Last run7 June 1906
(42.7 years)
Disposition1 sold, 1 became Victorian Railways N class
All later scrapped

In March 1862 the Melbourne Railway Company purchased Victoria and Kew as part of the sale of the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company. Then on 1 May 1862, working of the St Kilda and Brighton Railway was taken over by the MRC with the stock of the two companies pooled and the former companies two engines, Melbourne and Yarra, passed into the MRC's control, but not into their ownership. [4]

Two more locomotives were built in 1863, B/n 1459 arrived on the ship 'Express' on 28 June 1863 and B/n 1460 on the 'Ontario' on 6 August 1863. [7] They entered service in October 1861 named Windsor (B/n 1459) and Prahran (B/n 1460). [4]

When the MRC was amalgamated with the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company on 30 June 1865, the four locomotives of the MRC passed to the newly named Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company.

Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company (M&HBUR) 1865–1878

M&HBUR's 2-4-0WT (1866)
Specifications
Career
Operators
Number in class4
Numbers14–16, 19
Toorak, Victoria
Delivered1866–1971
First run1866
Last run30 September 1905
(39.2 years)
Disposition1 sold, 3 became Victorian Railways N class
All later scrapped

When the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway was amalgamated with the Melbourne Railway Company on 30 June 1865, the newly named Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company acquired eleven locomotives; Sandridge, St Kilda, Rapid, Meteor, Victoria, Kew, Windsor, Prahran, and the three unnamed locos (B/n 1268–1269, 1458). These were joined on 1 September 1865 by the two locomotives still owned by the St Kilda and Brighton Railway, Melbourne and Yarra.

A new locomotive, which appears to have been ordered by one of the previous companies prior to the amalgamation, was put into service 1866, with the name Toorak (B/n 1620). [8] Two more locomotives (B/n 1802–1803) arrived on the ship 'Terzali' on 30 January 1867, and were put into service September of that year, with one of them being named; Victoria (B/n 1802) — this was the second locomotive to make use of that name, the other Victoria (B/n 956) being out of service at the time. [8]

Around 1870 the M&HBUR numbered all their locomotives, except Sandridge which remained out of running service, and retained their original names. They were numbered in the same numerical order as the builder numbers up to No. 16 — with No. 5 used for the Pier Donkey (B/n 1177).

A final locomotive, B/n 1991, arrived on the ship 'Cardigan Castle' on 18 December 1870, [9] and entered service in February 1871, taking the next available number, No. 19. [4] This was the last Stephenson 2-4-0WT ordered by the private companies, bringing their total to eighteen.

Five were disposed of before the M&HBUR was taken over by the Government for their South Suburban system in 1878 (see below), while the nine remaining locomotives were transferred on 1 July 1878 to the Government for use on their South Suburban system; No. 1(Melbourne), No. 6 (Rapid), No. 7 (Meteor), No. 8, No. 9, No. 11, No. 13 (Prahran), No. 15 (Victoria), No. 16, No. 19.

South Suburban System (Victorian Railways) 1878–1886

No. 14 (Toorak) was bought back in late 1877 by the Government for service on this isolated section until 1879 when it was connected to the rest of the system. The subsequent history of No. 14 with the VR is obscure, and it may have been sold without being placed back on the register. [10] On the 1 July 1878, the nine remaining 2-4-0WT locomotives (No.1, No. 6–No. 13, No. 15–No. 16, No. 19) of the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway were transferred to the Government's Victorian Railways. This was separate to the main Government system, and they were able to retain their previous numbers as they were not incorporated into the main Victorian Railways register until the introduction of letter classification in 1886. It was referred to as the Hobson's Bay system from 1879 to 1881, then as the South Suburban system from 1881 to 1886. [11]

No. 1 (Melbourne) lay unused at the Williamstown Workshops, (it had been used around the 1870's as a portable steam plant for operating a steam powered wool press) and offered for sale to John Robb in 1880, but the offer not taken. [12]

Between 1882 and 1886, the Government sold eight to various contractors before being added to the main Victorian Railways register (see below).

Victorian Railways (VR) 1886–1906

The South Suburban system was finally incorporated into the Victorian Railways register on 1 January 1886 along with the introduction of the letter classification system. As there were already locomotives with the same numbers, these older locomotives (No. 6–No. 9, No. 11, No. 13, No. 15–No. 16, No. 19) were given the numbers 242–248, 252–260 (even only) and became known as the N class. [10] South Suburban No. 10 was to be allocated N250 and No. 14 was to be allocated N272, but No. 10 was sold c.1882 and No. 14 sold prior to 1886 and they may not have been renumbered.

Unlike No. 252–No. 258 which were modified for motor service, No. 246 remained unmodified for the rest of its life being used as a spare engine before finally being withdrawn with the four motors in the early 1900s.

Motor service

Between 1893 and 1895, No. 252–No. 258 were modified for motor running. This involved the addition of a door at the rear of the cab and handrails towards the front to allow guards to return to the engine while the train was moving, extra side tanks to increase the water capacity, as well as cowcatchers. [13]

They were noted as follows: [13]

Design improvements

Over the years they were fitted with various alterations to the cabs. There were also various upgrades over the years; with constant improvements to safety — these including things like updates to safety valves (and domes), smokeboxs and chimneys (with spark arrestors), and brakes.

Accidents

Demise

B/n 1378 could not be paid for and was sold to Cornish and Bruce in 1861 without even entering service.

Five were disposed of before the M&HBUR was taken over by the Government in 1878: [4]

Four were disposed of by the South Suburban system and another four around the time they were incorporated with the Victorian Railway register in 1886: [10] [12]

The remaining five; N246 (No. 8), N252 (No. 11), N254 (No. 13/Prahran), N256 (No. 15/Victoria), and N258 (No. 16); were finally withdrawn between 1904 and 1906 after around 45 years of service: [10] [13]

Fleet summary

Key:In servicePreservedStored or withdrawnScrapped‡ = Operator not owner
No.NameBuilder no.Entered
service
WithdrawnScrappedStatusOwnersNotes
1Melbourne95425 December 1854ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway (1854), St Kilda & Brighton Railway (1861)‡, St Kilda & Brighton Railway (1862), Melbourne Railway Company (1862)‡, Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865), South Suburban (1878)Used for wool pressing prior to 1870
-Sandridge9555 January 18551863ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway (1855)Sold for wool pressing - 1878
2Victoria956March 1855ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway (1855), Melbourne & Suburban Railway (1858), Melbourne Railway Company (1862), Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865)Stored - c1867. Sold to Cain, Dalrymple & Holtom - June 1872. Laying derelict near Yackandandah - 1895
3Yarra957April 1855ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway (1855), St Kilda & Brighton Railway (1861)‡, St Kilda & Brighton Railway (1862), Melbourne Railway Company (1862)‡, Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865)Sold to Neil McNeil and renamed Kangaroo - December 1873
4St Kilda1080July 1857ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway (1857), Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865)Sold to Young & McGuigan - March 1874. To John Thomas - c1874
6
N242
Rapid1183November 1858July 1886ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway (1858), Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865), South Suburban (1878), Victorian Railways (1886)Became N242 on the VR. Sold to Langlands and Co. (£650) - July 1886
7
N244
Meteor1184November 18581886ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway (1858), Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865), South Suburban (1878), Victorian Railways (1886)Became N244 on the VR. Sold to Jonathan Falkingham (£800) - May 1886
8
N246
-1268March 1860April 190423 April 1904ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway (1860), Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865), South Suburban (1878), Victorian Railways (1886)Became N246 on the VR
9
N248
-1269March 18601886ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway (1860), Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865), South Suburban (1878), Victorian Railways (1886)Became N248 on the VR. Sold to Nicholl, Grey and Tamlyn (£850) - 1886
10Kew1377October 1861ScrappedMelbourne & Suburban Railway (1861), Melbourne Railway Company (1862), Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865), South Suburban (1878)Sold to M. Gardiner and Sons - 1882
--1378-Scrapped-Could not be paid for and sold to Cornish & Bruce
11
N252
-1458August 186326 May 190626 May 1906ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway (1863), Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865), South Suburban (1878), Victorian Railways (1886)Became N252 on the VR
12Windsor1459October 1863ScrappedMelbourne Railway Company (1863), Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865), South Suburban (1878)Sold to Public Works Department - January 1882. Sold to M. Gardiner and Sons - 1884
13
N254
Prahran1460October 18637 June 19069 June 1906ScrappedMelbourne Railway Company (1863), Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1865), South Suburban (1878), Victorian Railways (1886)Became N254 on the VR
14Toorak16201866ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1866), South Suburban (1877)Sold to Miller & James - 1876. Bought back by the Government - February 1877. Sold sometime prior to 1886
15
N256
Victoria180218678 August 19048 August 1904ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1867), South Suburban (1878), Victorian Railways (1886)Became N256 on the VR
16
N258
-1803186730 September 190530 September 1905ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1867), South Suburban (1878), Victorian Railways (1886)Became N258 on the VR
19
N260
-1991February 18711886ScrappedMelbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway (1871), South Suburban (1878), Victorian Railways (1886)Became N260 on the VR. Sold to Nicholl, Grey and Tamlyn (£800) - 1886

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