Victorian Railways T class

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Victorian Railways T class
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T385 and T363 pulling an overhead inspection carriage passing Laburnum Station
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
Builder Clyde Engineering
Granville
Model EMD G8
Build date19551968
Total produced94
Specifications
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)–1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Fuel type Diesel
Prime mover T320T398, T413: EMD 8-567C
T399T412: EMD 8-645E
Performance figures
Maximum speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Career
Operators Victorian Railways
Number in class94
NumbersT320T413
Delivered2 August 1955
PreservedT320, T333, T334, T341, T342, T356, T357, T364, T367, T375, T378, T382, T392, T395, T411, T413
Current owner Pacific National
SCT Logistics
Southern Shorthaul Railroad
Watco Australia
VicTrack Heritage
Various Heritage Groups
Disposition15 in service, 16 preserved, 5 rebuilt as H class 13 rebuilt as P class, 4 rebuilt as CK class, 36 scrapped, 5 sold, and 7 stored

The T class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways between 1955 and 1968.

Contents

History

Preserved High cab T357 and Flat top T320 in January 2007 Restored victorian railways train.jpg
Preserved High cab T357 and Flat top T320 in January 2007
Low nose T373 in September 2005 Great-northern-t-class-melbourne.jpg
Low nose T373 in September 2005

In July 1954, the Victorian Railways placed an order with Clyde Engineering for 25 (later extended to 27) diesel electric Electro-Motive Diesel G8 locomotives to partially dieselise country branch lines. [1] [2] [3] [4]

In June 1959, the first of an additional ten entered service. Although mechanically similar to the first batch, they differed by having a cab raised above the hood line. [5] A further ten entered service from December 1961. [6]

In September 1965, the first of an order for 32 was delivered. These differed by having a lower nose. [7] A final order for 19 was delivered from April 1967. [8] The last five were built with an extra 10 tonnes (9.8 long tons; 11 short tons) of ballast weight for improved adhesion and low speed controls for use as shunting locomotives in Melbourne. These were reclassified as the H class shortly after being delivered. [9]

In July 1969, an additional flat top unit was purchased second hand from Australian Portland Cement who had ordered it for use at its narrow gauge Fyansford Cement Works Railway, Geelong in 1956. Although outwardly similar to the original T class units, it was fitted with dynamic brakes, and became a regular on the steeply graded Cudgewa line. [3]

Although ordered as branch line locomotives, as branch lines began to close, they were often used on main line services.

In 1984/85, Martin & King, Somerton rebuilt 13 flat tops as P class locomotives. This involved a new cab and carbody, replacing the EMD 8-567C engine with an EMD 8-645E, replacement of the main generator and traction motors, and provision of a separate head end power generator. [10]

Many were withdrawn in the late 1980s with the arrival of the G class locomotives. In October 1992, six low nose locomotives were sold to Australian National with five entering service as the CK class as shunters and bankers in Adelaide. All were included in the sale of Australian National to Australian Southern Railroad in November 1997. One was resold to SCT Logistics with the remaining four operating on the narrow gauge Eyre Peninsula Railway as at January 2014. [11] [12]

In 1987, T343, T322, T323 and T324 were sold to Bob White Electrix in Geelong for use as stationary generator units, providing electrical power for testing high voltage electric motors and generators, bound for submarines. The estimated cost by the State Electricity Commission (SEC) of Victoria to install electrical transformers and a connection to the state electricity grid was exponentially higher than the rumoured purchase price from V/line of $2500 per locomotive. The locomotives had their bogies removed and were placed on concrete blocks, side-by-side, at the Bob White Electrix facility at North Shore. These units are still located at this facility and still appear to be in use as of 2023.

Others were sold to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia, El Zorro, Great Northern Rail Services, SCT Logistics, Southern Shorthaul Railroad, and West Coast Railway. A number of the T class have been preserved. [13]

Those remaining with V/Line Freight were included in the sale to Freight Australia and in 2000, some stored examples were reactivated and fitted with standard gauge bogies to haul grain services in southern New South Wales. [14] These passed with the Freight Australia business to Pacific National in August 2004.

Subtypes

The class can be divided into three main styles by appearance:

Status table

Key:In ServiceWithdrawnPreservedConvertedScrapped
LocomotiveEntered serviceWithdrawnScrappedLiveryCurrent statusNameOwner(s)GaugeNotes
T320 (1st order)Tuesday, 2 August 1955May 1986VR Blue and GoldStoredVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), VicTrack Heritage (1996)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeAllocated to SRHC
T321Monday, 22 August 1955May 1986February 1990VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T322Monday, 12 September 1955May 1986VR Blue and GoldSoldVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Bob White Electrix (1986)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeSold as stationary generator
T323Monday, 26 September 1955May 1986VR Blue and GoldSoldVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Bob White Electrix (1986)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeSold as stationary generator
T324Monday, 28 November 1955May 1986VR Blue and GoldSoldVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Bob White Electrix (1986)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeSold as stationary generator
T325Monday, 19 December 1955May 1986May 1989VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T326Monday, 28 May 1956May 1984VR Blue and GoldRebuilt as P23 (1984-1985)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T327Monday, 28 May 1956December 1984VR Blue and GoldRebuilt as P17 (1985)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T328Monday, 18 June 1956September 1985VR Blue and GoldRebuilt - P22 (1985)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T329Monday, 18 June 1956June 1984VR Blue and GoldRebuilt - P12 (1984)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T330Monday, 2 July 1956August 1984VR Blue and GoldRebuilt - P14 (1984)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T331Monday, 2 July 1956March 1985VR Blue and GoldRebuilt - P19 (1985)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T332Sunday, 22 July 1956November 1984VR Blue and GoldRebuilt - P16 (1984)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T333Sunday, 22 July 1956July 1986VR Blue and GoldStoredVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Victorian Goldfields Railway (2007)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T334Sunday, 19 August 1956December 1989VR Blue and GoldPreserved - OperationalVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Mornington Railway Preservation Society (2003)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeWas Ozride pink locomotive
T335Sunday, 19 August 1956May 19891989VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T336Wednesday, 9 May 1956May 1984VR Blue and GoldRebuilt - P11 (1984)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T337Sunday, 23 September 1956May 1985VR Blue and GoldRebuilt - P20 (1985)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T338Sunday, 23 September 1956June 1985VR Blue and GoldRebuilt - P21 (1985)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T339Sunday, 7 October 1956February 1984VR Blue and GoldRebuilt - P18 (1984-1985)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T340Tuesday, 30 October 1956July 1984VR Blue and GoldRebuilt - P13 (1984)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T341Sunday, 4 November 1956May 1986VR Blue and GoldOut of Traffic - OverhaulVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T342Sunday, 11 November 1956September 1989VR Blue and GoldUnder restorationVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), APM Maryvale (????), GSRS t/as Victorian Railways (1994 to current day)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T343Sunday, 9 December 1956May 1986VR Blue and GoldSoldVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Bob White Electrix (1986)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeSold as stationary generator
T344Sunday, 9 December 1956October 1984VR Blue and GoldRebuilt - P15 (1984)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T345Sunday, 23 December 1956SCT Red, White and BlackIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Great Northern Rail (1994), SCT (2004)1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gaugeLaverton SCT Shunter
T346Sunday, 23 December 1956May 1986May 1989VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T347 (2nd order)Monday, 22 June 1959March 1988March 1992VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T348Wednesday, 15 July 1959June 1988March 1992VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeEngine upgraded to EMD 8-645E, mid-1980s
T349Monday, 3 August 1959August 1988March 1992VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T350Monday, 24 August 1959May 1989March 1992V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T351Monday, 14 September 1959September 1989March 1992V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T352Tuesday, 29 September 1959June 1989March 1992V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T353Monday, 19 October 1959May 1989March 1992V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T354Monday, 9 November 1959October 1988March 1992V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T355Monday, 30 November 1959June 1988March 1992V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T356Monday, 14 December 1959December 1988VR Blue and GoldPreserved - OperationalVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), VicTrack Heritage (2001)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeAllocated to Steamrail Victoria
T357 (3rd order)Thursday, 14 December 1961December 1988VR Blue and GoldPreserved - OperationalVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), VicTrack Heritage (2003)1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gaugeAllocated to Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (SRHC)
T358Friday, 22 December 1961March 1989March 1992VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T359Thursday, 8 February 1962March 1989March 1992VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T360Friday, 23 February 1962November 19891993 [26] [ better source needed ]V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeRebuilt with low-nose cab following incident at Portland
T361Thursday, 8 March 1962March 1989March 1992V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T362Monday, 19 March 1962August 1989March 1992V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T363Monday, 2 April 1962SSR Yellow and BlackIn serviceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), West Coast Railway (2000), Southern Shorthaul Railroad (2005)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T364Tuesday, 24 April 1962June 1989VR Blue and GoldPreserved - OperationalVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), VicTrack Heritage (2001)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeAllocated to Steamrail Victoria
T365Monday, 7 May 1962November 1988March 1992VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T366Monday, 21 May 1962May 1988March 1992VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T367 (4th order)Monday, 10 February 1964September 1989V/Line Orange and GreyPreserved - StaticVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), VicTrack Heritage (1994)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeAllocated to Newport Railway Museum
T368Wednesday, 26 February 1964July 1992UnknownV/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T369Thursday, 12 March 1964Watco Black & YellowIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), West Coast Railway (1994), Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (2004), Watco Australia (2021)1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
T370Wednesday, 25 March 1964UnknownUnknownV/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T371Monday, 13 April 1964PN Blue and YellowIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
T372Thursday, 14 May 1964September 1989UnknownV/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T373Thursday, 28 May 1964CFCLA Silver and BlueIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Great Northern Rail Services (1994), Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (2007)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T374Tuesday, 9 June 1964January 20152015Freight Australia Green and Yellow with PN LogosScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeScrapped at North Geelong
T375Wednesday, 24 June 1964July 1992V/Line Orange and GreyPreserved - StaticVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Privately Owned (1992)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeDisplayed at private residence in Torrumbarry
T376Thursday, 9 July 1964Watco Black & YellowIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Great Northern Rail Services (1994), Southern Shorthaul Railroad (2005), Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (2007)1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
T377Thursday, 30 July 1964Watco Black & YellowIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Great Northern Rail Services (1994), Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (2005)1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
T378Tuesday, 11 August 1964June 1990VR Blue and GoldPreserved - OperationalVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (2007)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeEngine upgraded to EMD 8-645E, mid-1980s
T379Tuesday, 25 August 1964December 2021PN Blue and YellowScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
T380Wednesday, 9 September 1964November 1990March 1992V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T381Wednesday, 23 September 1964SSR Yellow and BlackIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Great Northern Rail Services (1994), Southern Shorthaul Railroad (2005)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T382Saturday, 3 October 1964VR Blue and GoldPreserved-operationalVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Great Northern Rail Services (????), Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (????)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T383Thursday, 15 October 1964Cootes Green and YellowStoredVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Great Northern Rail Services (????), Rail Technical Services (2004), Greentrains Pty Ltd (2009)1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
T384Thursday, 29 October 1964July 1992UnknownV/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T385Saturday, 14 November 1964SSR Yellow and BlackIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), West Coast Railway (2000), Southern Shorthaul Railroad (2014)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T386Thursday, 26 November 1964SSR Yellow and BlackIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), El Zorro (2005), Southern Shorthaul Railroad (2014)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeOfficially scrapped 1996, parts sold to Ray Evans, rebuilt for El Zorro
T387 (5th order)Saturday, 4 September 1965CFCLA Silver and BlueIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Yorke Peninsula Railway (1995), Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia (2003), 707 Operations (2019)1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gaugeEx Yorke Peninsula Tourist Railway. Sold to 707 Operations for future standard gauge tours.
T388Saturday, 25 September 1965Freight Australia Green and Yellow with PN LogosStoredVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004), Seymour Rail Heritage (2015)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T389Saturday, 9 October 1965August 1989UnknownV/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T390Tuesday, 26 October 1965Freight Australia Green and Yellow with PN LogosStoredVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
T391Friday, 5 November 1965September 1989July 1992V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T392Tuesday, 16 November 1965PN Blue and YellowIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004), 707 Operations (2019)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeConverted from standard gauge to broad gauge in June 2019, currently leased to 707 Operations.
T393Thursday, 25 November 1965June 1992July 1996V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T394Saturday, 4 December 1965June 1989July 1996V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T395Tuesday, 14 December 1965February 1992Steamrail VictoriaVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Steamrail Victoria (2004)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeHas full length hand rails
T396Thursday, 23 December 1965January 20152015Freight Australia Green and Yellow with PN LogosScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeScrapped at North Geelong
T397 (6th order)Saturday, 3 December 1966June 1992UnknownVR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T398Thursday, 15 December 1966June 1989March 1992VR Blue and GoldScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T399Saturday, 1 April 1967Freight Australia Green and Yellow with PN LogosStoredVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004), Seymour Rail Heritage Centre (2015)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T400Thursday, 13 April 19672019June 2019PN Blue and YellowScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeScrapped at South Dynon in June 2019.
T401Friday, 28 April 1967July 1992V/Line Orange and GreyRebuilt - CK1 (1992)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Australian National (1992), Genesee and Wyoming Australia (????)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T402Saturday, 20 May 1967Freight Australia Green and Yellow with PN LogosStoredVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004), Seymour Rail Heritage Centre (2015)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T403Friday, 2 June 1967July 1992V/Line Orange and GreySold - 1992VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Australian National (1992)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeSold to AN for spare parts for CK class locos rebuilds.
T404Thursday, 22 June 1967Watco AustraliaIn ServiceVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Australian National (1992 as CK2), SCT (2006 as T404), Watco 2022-Current1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
T405Monday, 3 July 1967July 1992V/Line Orange and GreyRebuilt - CK3 (1992)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Australian National (1992), Genesee and Wyoming Australia (????)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T406Thursday, 13 July 1967July 1992V/Line Orange and GreyRebuilt - CK4 (1992)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Australian National (1992), Genesee and Wyoming Australia (????)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T407 (7th order)Wednesday, 27 September 1967July 1992V/Line Orange and greyRebuilt - CK5 (1992)VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Australian National (1992), Genesee and Wyoming Australia (????)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T408Friday, 11 October 1968Freight Australia Green and Yellow with PN LogosStoredPacific National - Rural and Bulk1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
T409Sunday, 20 October 1968Grey & Green Regional ConnectOperationalVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004), Ettamogah Rail Hub (2023),1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
T410Sunday, 3 November 1968July 1992July 1996V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Freight (1995)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T411Friday, 15 November 1968July 1992VR Blue and GoldPreserved - OperationalVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Mornington Railway Preservation Society (1993 [27] )1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
T412Monday, 25 November 1968September 1989March 1992V/Line Orange and GreyScrappedVR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge
D1 / T413 (2nd)1955December 1987VR Blue and GoldUnder Overhaul.Steve GibsonAustralian Portland Cement (1956), VR (1969), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), T413 Preservation group/Plan R/707 operations inc (1987)1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gaugeThe first heritage diesel in Victoria to be fitted with ICE radio. Only T class with Dynamic Braking.
DE02 / T414 (2nd)November 1956SCT Red, White and BlackIn ServiceGeorgia McKinnon1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gaugeAdelaide SCT Shunter

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The CL class is a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Commonwealth Railways in several batches between 1970 and 1972. The class was the last in the world to be built with the Electro-Motive Diesel bulldog nose but differed from previous builds in having a mansard roof.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Commonwealth Railways GM class</span> Class of diesel locomotives

The GM class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Commonwealth Railways in several batches between 1951 and 1967. As of January 2014, some remain in service with Aurizon and Southern Shorthaul Railroad.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Downer EDI Rail GT46C ACe</span> Australian diesel-electric locomotive class

The GT46C-ACe is a model of Australian diesel-electric locomotive designed and built between 2007–present by Downer Rail at its Cardiff Locomotive Workshops using Electro-Motive Diesel components until 2014, later units were built in Muncie, Indiana.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UGL Rail C44aci</span> Australian diesel electric locomotive

The GE Transportation C44aci is a model of Australian heavy duty diesel electric locomotive designed by UGL Rail and built at the Broadmeadow factory. It is operated by a number of rail freight operators. The design is based on the National Rail NR class but with some modifications and upgraded features.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Australian Railways 600 class (diesel)</span> Class of 7 Australian diesel-electric locomotives

The 600 class are a class of diesel-electric locomotives manufactured by AE Goodwin, Auburn for the South Australian Railways between 1965 and 1970.

The AL class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Rosewater for Australian National in 1976–1977. They were mechanically similar to the CL class but instead of a bulldog nose had two flat ended cabs, similar to the 422 class built for the New South Wales Government Railways in 1969.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Dynon Locomotive Depot</span>

South Dynon Locomotive Depot is an Australian locomotive depot in Melbourne, purpose built for the servicing of diesel and electric locomotives by the Victorian Railways opening in July 1961.

The BHP Whyalla DE class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for BHP between 1956 and 1965.

References

  1. "And now the T’s" Victorian Railways Newsletter October 1954 Page 3
  2. The T-Class Diesel-Electric Locomotives Abbott, RL Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, September 1972 pages 169-175
  3. 1 2 3 1st Order (27 locos): T320-T346 & T413 (1 loco) Archived 7 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Mark Bau's VR website
  4. Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850 -1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 223–224. ISBN   0-730100-05-7.
  5. 1 2 2nd Order (10 locos): T347-T356 Archived 4 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Mark Bau's VR website
  6. 1 2 3rd Order (10 locos): T357-T366 Archived 4 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Mark Bau's VR website
  7. 1 2 T367-T398 (32 locos) Archived 4 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Mark Bau's VR website
  8. 1 2 (14 locos): T399-T412 Archived 4 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Mark Bau's VR website
  9. 1 2 H class diesel locomotives Archived 4 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Mark Bau's VR website
  10. P Class Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  11. CK Class Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  12. CK Class Archived 29 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Vicsig
  13. T Class Archived 29 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Vicsig
  14. "Freight Australia reaches Cowra" Railway Digest August 2000 page 34
  15. T Class (T320-T346, T413) Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  16. T Class (T347-T356) Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  17. T Class (T357-T366) Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  18. T Class (T367-T386) Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  19. T Class (T387-T396) Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  20. T Class (T397-T406) Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  21. T Class (T407-T412) Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  22. H Class (Vic, Diesel-Electric) Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  23. T Class (T414) Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Railpage
  24. BHP / Onesteel / Arrium Whyalla Diesel Locomotives Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Minnipa Siding
  25. Railway Digest, October 2008, pp. 49–52
  26. "Victorian Railways H,T and V/line P Class Locomotives". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  27. "VICSIG". vicsig.net. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.