Victorian Railways P class (1859)

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Victorian Railways P class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Builder Beyer, Peacock & Company, Manchester, UK
Serial number115 - 119
Build date1859
Total produced5
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-6-0
Gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian broad gauge
Driver dia.5 ft 0 in (1,520 mm) [1]
Tender wheels3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) [1]
Wheelbase 32 ft 0+12 in (9.766 m) [1]
  Coupled14 ft 4 in (4,370 mm) [1]
  Tender11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) [1]
Length:
  Over couplers43 ft 1+14 in (13.138 m) [1]
Height13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) [1]
Axle load 10  long tons  2 cwt (22,600 lb or 10.3 t) [2]
1904 diagram: 11  long tons  4 cwt (25,100 lb or 11.4 t) [1]
1914 diagram: 11  long tons  12 cwt (26,000 lb or 11.8 t) [3]
Loco weight28  long tons  12 cwt (64,100 lb or 29.1 t) [2]
1904 diagram: 29  long tons  8 cwt 1 qr (65,880 lb or 29.88 t) [1]
1914 diagram: 30  long tons  12 cwt (68,500 lb or 31.1 t) [3]
Tender weight24  long tons  2 cwt (54,000 lb or 24.5 t) [2]
1914 diagram: 21  long tons  6 cwt (47,700 lb or 21.6 t) [3]
Total weight52  long tons  14 cwt (118,000 lb or 53.5 t) [2]
1904 diagram: 53  long tons  10 cwt 1 qr (119,870 lb or 54.37 t) [1]
1914 diagram: 51  long tons  18 cwt (116,300 lb or 52.7 t) [3]
Fuel capacity60  long cwt (6,700 lb or 3,000 kg) [1]
Water cap.1,722 imp gal (7,830 L; 2,068 US gal) [1]
Firebox:
  Grate area14.03 sq ft (1.303 m2) [2]
Boiler pressure1904 diagram: 1914 diagram: 150  psi (1,034  kPa)
Heating surface:
  Firebox88.95 sq ft (8.264 m2) [2]
1914 diagram: 88.5 sq ft (8 m2) [3]
  Tubes1,097.67 sq ft (101.977 m2) [2]
1914 diagram: 994.1 sq ft (92 m2) [3]
  Total surface1,186.62 sq ft (110 m2) [2]
1914 diagram: 1,082.6 sq ft (101 m2) [3]
Cylinders 2, inside
Cylinder size 16 in × 22 in (406 mm × 559 mm) [2]
Performance figures
Tractive effort 9,386  lbf (41.75  kN) at 100 psi [2]
1904 diagram - 150psi: 11,264  lbf (50.10  kN) [1]
Career
Operators Victorian Railways
Number in class5
Numbers5-9, 1860: 1-9 (odd only)
Delivered1860
First runMarch 1860
Last run18 February 1921
(61 years)
Withdrawn1917 - 1921
DispositionAll scrapped

The Victorian Railways P class was a class of 0-6-0 goods locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1860 and 1921, built by Beyer, Peacock & Company, Manchester, England.

Contents

History

Victorian Railways initially numbered passenger and goods locomotives separately, the engines were numbered 5–9. This was changed in the late 1860's to odd numbers for goods locomotives and even numbers for passenger locos with these locomotives taking the odd numbers 1–9. [4] This odd and even system remained in use until 1912. In 1886, they were allocated to Class P.

Production

The five locomotives were built in 1859 with builder's numbers 115–119 at an average cost of £3779-12-0 for each loco. They arrived in Port Phillip in March 1860. [4]

Regular service

In addition to regular goods service, some were loaned to contractors, like Cornish & Bruce, for line construction and ballasting purposes. In 1894, all were allocated to Bendigo. [4]

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.
P1 received a new boiler in December 1894. [4] Then between 1903 and 1906 they were all reboilered with a new boiler pressures of 150psi. [4]

Demise

P3 was withdrawn in 1917, P5 and P9 in 1919, P7 in 1920, and P1 in 1921. [4]

Fleet summary

Key:In servicePreservedStored or withdrawnScrapped
LocomotivePrevious numbersBuilder no.Entered serviceWithdrawnScrappedStatusNotes
P16116March 18607 June 1919ScrappedHired to Evans, Merry & Co. - 1860. Reboilered - 13 December 1894. Reboilered - November 1903 [4]
P38118October 186018 February 1921ScrappedHired to Cornish & Bruce - October 1860. Painted red - 1904 [4]
P55115April 186019 February 1920Scrapped [4]
P77117November 186019 May 1917Scrapped [4]
P99119September 186030 August 1919Scrapped [4]

References

Specific

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1904 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railways. 1904. p. 6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Cave, Norman; Buckland, John; Beardsell, David (2002). Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways. Vol. 1: The First Fifty Years. Melbourne, Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. p. 36. ISBN   1876677384.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1914 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railwaysas reproduced by the ARHS Victoria Division in 2008. 1914. p. 10. ISBN   9781920892173.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Cave, Norman; Buckland, John; Beardsell, David (2002). "Chapter 4". Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways. Vol. 1: The First Fifty Years. Melbourne, Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. ISBN   1876677384.