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The Victorian Railways F class was originally a class of 2-4-0 light line passenger locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1874 and 1929.
Classed 'F' in 1886. [3]
The pattern engine was constructed by Beyer, Peacock & Company in 1874. An order for 20 more locomotives of this design was placed 2 years later with the Phoenix Foundry in Ballarat, with 10 built in 1876–77 and a further 10 in 1879–80. They were originally supplied with four-wheeled tenders, but were eventually provided with larger six-wheeled ones which increased their water capacity to 1,710 imp gal (7,800 L; 2,050 US gal). [3]
In early life they were mainly used on the main lines radiating form Ballarat and Ararat. By 1894, 3 were allotted to Geelong, 5 to Ararat, 3 to Ballarat, 2 to Seymour, 2 to Benalla, 2 to Princes Bridge, and 4 to Sale. [3]
All were reboilered between 1902-12, along with the T class, to a new common, larger boiler type. [3]
In 1910-11, the Victorian Railways decided to convert seven of them into "motor" locomotives for use in outer suburban areas. The tenders were removed and they became 2-4-2 tanks. They kept their numbers 172–184 (evens only).
The un-rebuilt tender engines were taken off register between 1916 and 1924, and the "motors" were taken off between 1920 and 1929. F184 was sold to Earlston, Cranbourne for £750 [3] .
One of the 2-4-2T class survives, number 176, having been sold to the Sunshine Harvester Works in 1920 for £1500 [3] , where was used as a shunter until 1961. It was then donated to the Newport Railway Museum, and is the oldest surviving Victorian Railway locomotive, having been built in 1880.
| Key: | In Service | Preserved | Stored or Withdrawn | Scrapped |
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| Locomotive | Builder No. | Entered service | Converted to 2-4-2T | Withdrawn | Scrapped | Status | Notes |
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| F98 | 1267 | June 1874 | - | 13 March 1919 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F126 | 28 | 9 August 1876 | - | 7 August 1916 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F128 | 30 | 16 October 1876 | - | 27 June 1916 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F130 | 31 | 19 October 1876 | - | 7 June 1919 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F132 | 33 | 10 January 1877 | - | 8 November 1916 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F134 | 34 | 11 January 1877 | - | 24 January 1916 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F136 | 35 | 1 February 1877 | - | 8 July 1922 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F138 | 36 | 30 January 1877 | - | 24 June 1924 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F140 | 37 | 6 February 1877 | - | 15 July 1922 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F142 | 38 | 10 March 1877 | - | 10 June 1922 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F144 | 39 | 27 March 1877 | - | 8 July 1922 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F166 | 55 | April 1879 | - | 15 July 1922 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F168 | 56 | June 1879 | - | 25 January 1917 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F170 | 57 | July 1879 | - | 24 January 1916 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F172 | 58 | November 1879 | 1910-11 | 7 November 1928 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F174 | 59 | December 1879 | 1910-11 | 30 November 1929 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F176 | 61 | January 1880 | 1910-11 | 28 May 1920 | Sold to Sunshine Harvester Works. Donated to Museum. Display | [3] | |
| F178 | 62 | January 1880 | 1910-11 | 29 June 1926 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F180 | 63 | February 1880 | 1910-11 | 29 June 1926 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F182 | 60 | December 1879 | 1910-11 | 12 September 1925 | Scrapped | [3] | |
| F184 | 64 | March 1880 | 1910-11 | 29 February 1926 | Sold to Earlston, Cranbourne | [3] |
The DD class (later reclassified into D1, D2 and D3 subclasses) was a passenger and mixed traffic steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1902 to 1974. Originally introduced on mainline express passenger services, they were quickly superseded by the much larger A2 class and were relegated to secondary and branch line passenger and goods service, where they gave excellent service for the next fifty years. The DD design was adapted into a 4-6-2T tank locomotive for suburban passenger use, the DDE (later D4) class. They were the most numerous locomotive class on the VR, with a total of 261 DD and 58 locomotives built.
The Phoenix Foundry was a company that built steam locomotives and other industrial machinery in the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Over 30 years they built 352 locomotives for the Victorian Railways, of 38 different designs.
The AA class was an express passenger locomotive that ran on the Victorian Railways between 1900 and 1932. The largest, heaviest and most powerful 4-4-0 steam locomotive to run in Australia, it was the final development of this locomotive type in Australia.
The mainline passenger locomotives, later classified as B class, ran on the Victorian Railways (VR) between 1862 and 1917. They used a 2-4-0 wheel arrangement, which provided greater traction on the new, more heavily graded Geelong–Ballarat railway and the Melbourne-Bendigo-Echuca railway, as opposed to the 2-2-2 arrangement previously selected for the relatively level Geelong line. The B class locomotives are regarded as the first mainline VR motive power, and were highly successful in passenger operations.
The Victorian Railways M class were 4-4-0T (tank) steam locomotives for suburban passenger service in Melbourne, a pattern engine being supplied in 1879 by Beyer, Peacock & Co. Twenty-one further locomotives of this model were built by the Phoenix Foundry of Ballarat, in three batches, from 1884 to 1886. They were numbered 40, 210-240, and 312-320, and were classed M in 1886.
Victorian Railways 'Old' V class were the first government goods steam locomotives on Victorian Railways, built by George England & Co. The four 0-6-0 tender locomotives were built in 1857-8 with builder's numbers 142-145. They arrived in Port Phillip in September 1858 along with 2-2-2 passenger locomotive No. 1.
The Victorian Railways Z class were three locomotives built in 1893 in Victoria, Australia. The class is unusual in that the third member of the class bore little resemblance to the first two. One example of the class survives, at the Scienceworks Museum in Melbourne.
The E class was a class of suburban tank steam locomotive that ran on Australia's Victorian Railways (VR).
The 23 Victorian Railways T class locomotives were built from 1874 as a light lines goods engine.
The Victorian Railways X class was a class of 0-6-0 mainline goods locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1886 and 1920.
The Victorian Railways G class was a class of 4-4-0 light line passenger locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1877 and 1904.
The Victorian Railways H class was a class of 4-4-0 light line passenger locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1877 and 1916.
The D class of 1887 were Phoenix-built locomotives to be used on Victorian Railways.
The D class of 1876 was the first example of American-built locomotives to be used on Victorian Railways, and among the first such engines to operate in Australia.
Victorian Railways No.1 was the first government passenger steam locomotive on Victorian Railways(VR). It was a 2-2-2 tender locomotive built in 1857 by George England & Co. with their builders number 146. It arrived at Port Phillip in September 1858 along with 4 goods locomotives of 0-6-0 tender configuration.
The Victorian Railways J class was a class of 2-2-2 main line passenger locomotives manufactured by Beyer, Peacock & Company, Manchester, England for the Victorian Railways.
The Victorian Railways P class was a class of 0-6-0 goods locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1860 and 1921.
The Victorian Railways L class was a class of 2-4-0ST passenger locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1861 and 1906.
The Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company operated a total of 1 locomotive that fell under the Whyte notation of 0-4-0T, with a Vertical boiler, between 1855 and 1860. Later it was operated by the Victorian Railways between 1860 and 1893. This was the second locomotive manufactured in Australia.
