Victorian Railways Q class

Last updated

Victorian Railways Q Class
SLNSW 28750 Victorian Railways Beyer Peacock Q class steam locomotive ca 1870 copy photograph 1940s.jpg
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderPhoenix Foundry
Serial number83-101 (Odd only)
Total produced10
Specifications
Configuration:
​
 •  Whyte 0-6-0
Gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Career
Operators Victorian Railways
NicknamesGreenbacks
DispositionNine scrapped, one sold to Altona Bay Coal Company
Q class locomotive SLNSW 28750 Victorian Railways Beyer Peacock Q class steam locomotive ca 1870 copy photograph 1940s.jpg
Q class locomotive

Victorian Railways 'Q class was a class of steam locomotives built for the Wodonga line. [1]

The first locomotives came from Phoenix Foundry. They were a class of 10 0-6-0 tender engines built in 1873-74. They were numbered 83-101 (odd numbers only). They were classed Q in 1886. They were taken off register between 1905 and 1908. None were preserved.

References

  1. ↑ "VICSIG". vicsig.net. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.