List of Victorian locomotive classes

This is a list of Victorian locomotive classes, being classes of locomotive that have worked on railways in Victoria.

The majority of Victorian steam locomotive classes were operated by the Victorian Railways (VR). Regularly scheduled steam working ceased on VR mainline operations after 25 May 1972[1] - with only special excursion or enthusiasts trains being hauled by steam after that time.

Other significant operators include the State Transport Authority (STA), the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), the Public Transport Corporation (PTC), V/Line, Freight Victoria/Freight Australia (FA), and Pacific National (PN). Many private organisations also operated steam locomotives in Victoria.

Locomotives

ImageClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerYears
in service
Number
made
Number
remaining
Comments

Tank locomotives

L class2-4-0ST16 – 25 †
L 14 – L 32 (even only)
George England & Co. (7)
Slaughter, Gruning & Co. (3)
1861–1906100
  • All scrapped
C class4-4-0WTSouth Suburban (various),
C 42,
C 262 – C 310 (even only)
Robert Stephenson & Co. (6)
Phoenix Foundry (12)
Robertson Bros. (8)
1879–1918260
N class2-4-0WTSouth Suburban (various),
N 242 – N 260 (even only)
Robert Stephenson & Co.1878–1906100
  • All ex-Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company
  • All part of South Suburban system before going to Victorian Railways
  • All scrapped
M class4-4-0T40 ‡,
210 – 238 (even only) ‡,
M 40,
M 210 – M 240 (even only),
M 312 – M 320 (even only)
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (1)
Phoenix Foundry (21)
1879–1905220
  • All converted to ME class
E236 at the Victoria Railway MuseumE class2-4-2TE 12, E 34, E 36, 236,
E 346 – E 394 (even only),
E 426 – E 460 (even only),
E 472 – E 520 (even only)
David Munro (25)
Kitson & Co (1)
Phoenix Foundry (45)
1888–1931711
'EE' (later reclassified 'E') shunter 0-6-2T No. E369, at the Victoria Railway MuseumEE class0-6-2TEE 34,
EE 348 – EE 518 (various),
EE350 –
EE390 (various) §,
E 350 – E 353,
E 355 – E 357,
E 359, E 361 – E 367,
E 369 – E 381, E 390
Phoenix Foundry (5)
VR Newport Workshops (24)
1893–1966292
Z class2-4-0TZ 522, Z 524Phoenix Foundry1893–191120
  • All scrapped
Z-Class Locomotive Z 526 on display at Newport Railway Workshops during a Steamrail Victoria open day, 14/03/2016Z class0-6-0TZ 526VR Newport Workshops1893–197811
NA locomotive 12A at Belgrave on the Puffing Billy Railway 2005NA class2-6-2T1 A – 17 ABaldwin Locomotive Works (2)
VR Newport Workshops (15)
1898–1973176
No 40 departing North Melbourne station for Sunshine.ME class4-4-2TM 40,
M 210 – M 240 (even only),
M 312 – M 320 (even only)
VR Newport Workshops1900–1922220
  • All kept original 'M' class plates
  • All scrapped
Victorian Railways photograph of DDE 702, circa 1910 class4-6-2T 701 – 721,
723 – 729 (odd only),
731 – 750,
772 – 796(even only)
250 – 287 §
VR Newport Workshops1908–1932580
  • 2 converted to DD class
  • 38 converted to D4 class
  • 18 scrapped
F176 at the Victoria Railway MuseumF class (Motor)2-4-2TF 172 – F 184 (evens only)VR Newport Workshops1910–192971
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
D4 268 at the Victoria Railway MuseumD4 class4-6-2TD4 250 – D4 287VR Newport Workshops1929–1962381
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 38 scrapped

Tender locomotives

No. 12-2-2
2-4-0
1 †, 12, 528George England & Co.1859–1890,
1893–1904
10
  • Sold 1890, bought back 1893
  • Scrapped
Old V class0-6-01 – 4 †, 2 – 5 †,
11 – 17 (odd only) ‡,
V 11 – V 17 (odd only),
497
George England & Co.1859–190440
  • All scrapped
J class2-2-2
2-4-0
2 – 6 †,
2 – 10 (even only) ‡,
J 2 – J 10 (even only)
Beyer, Peacock & Co.1860–191650
  • All scrapped
P class0-6-05 – 9 †,
1 – 9 (odd only) ‡,
P 1 – P 9 (odd only)
Beyer, Peacock & Co.1860–192150
  • All scrapped
B class with original spark-arresting funnelB class2-4-032 – 51 †,
64 – 69 †,
82 – 87 †,
46 – 96 (even only) ‡,
102 – 112 (even only) ‡,
186 ‡, 188 ‡,
B 46 – B 80 (even only),
B 84 – B 90 (even only),
B 94, B 96,
B 102 – B 112 (even only),
B 186, B 188
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (19)
Phoenix Foundry (2)
R&W Hawthorn (13)
1862–1917340
  • All scrapped
O class locomotiveO class0-6-026 – 31 †,
52 – 63 †,
70 – 81 †,
88 †, 89 †,
19 – 81 (odd only) ‡,
127 – 149 (odd only) ‡,
O 19 – O 81 (odd only),
O 127 – O 149 (odd only)
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (11)
Phoenix Foundry (7)
Robert Stephenson & Co. (12)
Slaughter, Gruning & Co. (6)
VR Williamstown Workshops (2)
Yorkshire Engine Co. (6)
1862–1922440
  • All scrapped
No. 100
(E class)
2-4-0100 †‡, E 100, 100VR Williamstown Workshops1872–191610
  • Scrapped
No. 103
& 105
0-6-0103, 105VR Williamstown Workshops1873–192420
  • All scrapped
Q class locomotiveQ class0-6-083 – 101 (odd only) ‡,
Q 83 – Q 101 (odd only)
Phoenix Foundry1873–1908100
  • All scrapped
An F Class locomotive circa 1875 in the Central Highlands regionF class2-4-098‡
126 – 144 (even only)‡,
166 – 184 (even only) ‡,
F 98,
F 126 – F 144 (even only),
F 166 – F 184 (even only)
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (1)
Phoenix Foundry (20)
1874–1922210
  • 7 converted to F class (motors)
  • 14 scrapped
K class2-4-0114 – 124 (even only) ‡,
K 114 – K 124 (even only)
Phoenix Foundry1874–190560
  • All scrapped
T94 at the Victoria Railway MuseumT class0-6-0125 ‡,
249 – 283 (odd only) ‡,
T 1 – T 4, T 125,
T 249 – T 283 (odd only),
T 90 – T 92 §,
T 94 §, T 96 §
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (6)
Phoenix Foundry (18)
1874–1953241
U class0-6-0107 – 123 (odd only) ‡,
U 107 – U 123 (odd only)
Phoenix Foundry1874–190890
  • All scrapped
G class4-4-038 ‡, 44 ‡,
G 38, G 44
VR Williamstown Workshops1877–190420
  • All scrapped
H class4-4-0146 – 160 (even only) ‡,
H 146 – H 160 (even only)
Phoenix Foundry1877–191680
  • All scrapped
'Rogers'
(D class)
4-4-0162, 164Rogers Locomotive Works1877–190720
  • All scrapped
Old R class0-6-0151 ‡, 157 – 195 (odd only) ‡,
247 ‡, 285 – 325 (odd only) ‡,
R 11, R 13, R 151,
R 157 – R 195 (odd only),
R 247, R 285 – R 351 (odd only),
R 300 – R 347 (various) §,
R 349 §
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (4)
Phoenix Foundry (55)
1879–1944590
  • All scrapped
W class4-6-0153 ‡, 155 ‡,
217 – 235 (odd only) ‡, W 153, W 155, W 197,
W 217 – W 235 (odd only)
Baldwin Locomotive Works1880–1926
1933–1934
130
  • 1 sold 1925, bought back 1933
  • All scrapped
S class4-6-0197 – 215 (odd only) ‡,
S 197 – S 215 (odd only)
Phoenix Foundry1882–1908100
  • 1 converted to W class
  • 9 scrapped
'Belgian' R class0-6-0237 – 245 (odd only) ‡,
R 237 – R 245 (odd only)
Société de Saint-Léonard1883–192050
  • All scrapped
Old A class4-4-0190 – 208 (even only) ‡,
A 190 – A 208 (even only)
Beyer, Peacock & Co.1884–1924100
  • All scrapped
X class0-6-0X 353 – X 381 (odd only)Phoenix Foundry1886–1920150
  • All scrapped
D class4-4-0D 82, D 92, D 122,
D 242, D 244, D 248,
D 250, D 260,
D 322 – D 344 (even only),
D 190 §, D 191 §, D 194 §
Phoenix Foundry1887–1928200
  • All scrapped
New A class4-4-0A 396 – A 424 (even only)Phoenix Foundry1889–1925150
  • All scrapped
New R class0-6-0R 447 – R 495(odd only)Robertson Bros.1889–1908250
  • All converted to RY class
Y108 at the Victoria Railway Museum. Missing 1 section of boiler cladding and domeY class0-6-0Y 383 – Y 441 (odd only),
Y 445,
Y 400 – Y 423 (various),
Y 453 – Y 483 (various),
Y 100 – Y 132 §
Kitson & Co. (1)
Phoenix Foundry (30)
ex-RY class (15)
1889–1963462
  • 1 converted to a private diesel-mechanical locomotive
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 1 at Steamrail
  • 28 scrapped
RY class0-6-0RY 447 – RY 495(odd only) ?1899–1951250
  • 15 reclassed to Y class
  • 10 scrapped
V class2-8-0V 499 – V 529 (odd only),
V 200 – V 204 §,
V 206 §,
V 210 – V 215 §
Baldwin Locomotive Works (1)
Phoenix Foundry (15)
1900–1930160
  • All scrapped
Victorian Railways AA class steam locomotiveAA class4-4-0AA530 – AA558 (even only),
AA562 – AA570 (even only),
AA74 – AA77 §,
AA82 – AA86 (even only) §
Phoenix Foundry1900–1932200
  • All scrapped
VR photo of DD 590 as built, 1902DD class4-6-0DD873 – DD 912,
DD 943 – DD 982,
DD 1013 – DD 1052,
DD 500 – DD 799 §
Baldwin Locomotive Works (20)
Beyer, Peacock & Co. (20)
Phoenix Foundry (7)
Thompson Foundry (40)
VR Ballarat North Workshops (8)
VR Bendigo Workshops (8)
VR Newport Workshops (138)
Walkers Limited (20)
? (2)
1902–c.19392630
  • 141 converted to D1
  • 82 converted to D2
  • 11 converted to D3
  • 29 scrapped
A2 986 on the turntable at the former North Melbourne locomotive depot, circa 1916A2 class4-6-0A2 572 – A2 1082 (various),
A1 800 – A1 877 (various),
A2 816 – A2 999 §
VR Ballarat North Workshops (5)
VR Bendigo Workshops (5)
VR Newport Workshops (175)
1907–19641855
  • Saturated steam boilers were classed A1 until converted to superheater
  • 2 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 1 at Steamrail
  • 1 in Echuca
  • 1 in Reservoir
VR photograph of C 1, as built in 1918C class2-8-0C 1 – C 26VR Newport Workshops1918–1962261
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 25 scrapped
D1 class4-6-0D1 500 – D1 703 (various)Ex-DD classc.1924–19601410
  • 25 converted to D2
  • 10 converted to D3
  • 105 scrapped
D2 604 at the Victoria Railway MuseumD2 class4-6-0D2 580 – D2 604,
D2 615,
D2 700 – D2 799
Ex-DD classc.1927–19621071
  • 73 converted to D3
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 33 scrapped
K190 at MaldonK class2-8-0K 100 – K 109,
K 140 – K 192 §
VR Newport Workshops1922–19795321
  • 1 at Locomotive Restoration Group
  • 4 at Mornington Railway
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 1 at Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
  • 5 at Steamrail
  • 2 at Victorian Goldfields Railway
  • 1 in Hamilton
  • 1 in Korumburra
  • 1 in Mildura
  • 1 in Numurkah
  • 1 in Wonthaggi
  • 1 in Wycheproof
  • 1 in Yarragon
  • 32 scrapped
N432 at the Victoria Railway MuseumN class2-8-2N 110 – N 139,
N 400 – N 432 §,
N 450 – N 499 §
North British Locomotive Company (50)
VR Newport Workshops (33)
1925–1966831
  • 10 converted to South Australian Railways 750 class
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 72 scrapped
Builder's photo of S300, 1928S class4-6-2S 300 – S 303VR Newport Workshops1928–195440
  • All scrapped
  • 1 tender at Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
  • 1 tender at Steamrail
D3 635 at the Victoria Railway MuseumD3 class4-6-0D3 604, D3 606 – D3 699VR Newport Workshops1929–19749414
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 6 at Steamrail
  • 2 at Victorian Goldfields Railway
  • 1 in Ballarat North
  • 1 in Bayswater
  • 1 in Lismore
  • 1 in Seymour
  • 1 in Swan Hill
  • 80 scrapped
X39, built new in 1938 with visible design changes including Modified Front End 'flowerpot' funnel, smoke deflectors, and Belpaire firebox with combustion chamberX class2-8-2X 27 – X 55VR Newport Workshops1929–1960291
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 28 scrapped
Builder's photograph of H220, 1941H class4-8-4H 220VR Newport Workshops1941–195611
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
.R704 at the Victoria Railway MuseumR class4-6-4R 700 – R 769North British Locomotive Company1951–1974707
  • 2 at 707 Operations
  • 1 at Hunter Valley Railway
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 3 at Steamrail
  • 63 scrapped
J 515 awaits departure from MaldonJ class2-8-0J 500 – J 559Vulcan Foundry1954–19786011
  • 1 at 707 Operations
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 2 at Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
  • 1 at Victorian Goldfields Railway
  • 2 at Yarra Valley Railway
  • 1 in Dimboola
  • 1 in Donald
  • 1 in Mulwala
  • 1 in Noojee
  • 49 scrapped

Garratt locomotives

G42 at Puffing Billy Railway in August 2007G class2-6-0+0-6-2G 41 – G 42Beyer, Peacock & Co.1926–196421
  • 1 to Puffing Billy Railway

Petrol/Diesel Electric Locomotives

Preserved F202 at the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre in October 2005F class0-6-0DEF 310 – F 319,
SEC 1 – SEC 6
F 201 – F 216 §
Dick, Kerr & Co.1951–1987166
  • 1 at 707 Operations
  • 2 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 1 at Victorian Goldfields Railway
  • 2 stored with VicTrack
  • 10 scrapped
B80 on a works train at CamberwellB classCo-CoB 60 – B 85Clyde Engineering1952–Current2610
  • 11 converted to A class
  • 3 with Southern Shorthaul Railroad
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 1 at Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
  • 2 at Steamrail
  • 3 stored North Bendigo
  • 5 scrapped
T373 in CFCLA at McIntyre Loop, MelbourneT classBo-BoT 320 – T 413Clyde Engineering1955–Current9436
  • 13 converted to P class
  • 4 converted to CK class
  • 1 with Greentrains
  • 5 with Pacific National
  • 1 with Rail First Asset Management
  • 3 with SCT Logistics
  • 4 with Southern Shorthaul Railroad
  • 3 with Watco Australia
  • 2 at 707 Operations
  • 2 at Mornington Railway
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 7 at Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
  • 4 at Steamrail
  • 1 at Victorian Goldfields Railway
  • 1 at Yarra Valley Railway
  • 1 privately owned
  • 4 sold as stationary generators
  • 1 sold for CK spare parts
  • 37 scrapped
Pacific National liveried S307 at Newport Workshops in March 2008S classCo-CoS 300 – S 317Clyde Engineering1957–Current1812
  • 1 with Pacific National
  • 4 with Southern Shorthaul Railroad
  • 1 at 707 Operations
  • 1 at Canberra Railway Museum
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 3 at Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
  • 1 at Steamrail
  • 6 scrapped
Y145 at Newport Workshops in 2006Y classBo-BoY 101 – Y 175Clyde Engineering1963–Current7531
  • 1 with BlueScope Steel
  • 1 with EDI-Rail
  • 1 with Pacific National
  • 1 with Progress-Rail Cardiff
  • 5 with Ettamogah Rail Hub
  • 4 with V/Line
  • 3 at 707 Operations
  • 1 at Daylesford Spa Country Railway
  • 2 at DERMPAV
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 4 at Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
  • 1 at Steamrail
  • 4 at Victorian Goldfields Railway
  • 2 at Yarra Valley Railway
  • 44 scrapped
X43 in V/Line Freight livery in MilduraX classCo-CoX 31 – X 54Clyde Engineering1966–Current2411
  • 6 converted to XR
  • 6 with Pacific National
  • 2 with SCT Logistics
  • 1 at East Coast Heritage Rail
  • 2 at Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
  • 7 scrapped
Pacific National H1 at Kensington in June 2012H classBo-BoH 1 – H 5Clyde Engineering1968–202054
  • 2 at 707 Operations
  • 2 stored Seymour
  • 1 scrapped
Silverton Rail Cs1 in July 1998C classCo-CoC 501 – C 510Clyde Engineering1977–Current1010
  • 3 with Rail First Asset Management
  • 6 with Southern Shorthaul Railroad
  • 1 at Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
V/Line MK1 Livery A66 at Bendigo Station - July 2022A classCo-CoA 60 – A 85Clyde Engineering1984–Current115
  • 1 with V/Line heritage
  • 1 at 707 Operations
  • 1 at Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
  • 1 stored Newport
  • 1 stored North Bendigo
  • 6 scrapped
Pacific National G533 in February 2007G classCo-CoG 511 – G 543Clyde Engineering1984–Current3331
  • 2 with Aurizon
  • 2 with Linx Cargo Care Group
  • 20 with Pacific National
  • 2 with Qube
  • 2 with Rail First Asset Management
  • 2 with Southern Shorthaul Railroad
  • 1 with Watco Australia
  • 2 scrapped
V/Line P11 at Southern Cross in September 2010P classBo-BoP 11– P 23Clyde Engineering1984–Current1313
  • 2 with Ettamogah Rail Hub
  • 1 with Pacific National
  • 5 with Southern Shorthaul Railroad
  • 3 with V/Line
  • 2 at Seymour Rail Heritage Centre
N469 at Southern Cross in August 2006N classCo-CoN 451 – N 475Clyde Engineering1985–Current2525
  • 25 with V/Line
XR 558 and XR552 at the Grain Loop, GeelongXR classCo-CoXR 550 – XR 559South Dynon Workshops2002–Current99
  • 9 with Pacific National
XRB561 at South Dynon in June 2006XRB classCo-CoXRB 560 – XRB 562South Dynon Workshops2005–Current33
  • 3 with Pacific National
VL355 at North DynonVL classCo-CoVL351 – VL362Avteq2007–Current1212
  • 5 with Qube
  • 3 with Rail First Asset Management
  • 1 with SCT Logistics
  • 2 with Southern Shorthaul Railroad
  • 1 with Sydney Rail Services

Petrol/Diesel Hydraulic Locomotives

M class0-6-0DHM 231 – M 232VR Newport Workshops1959–?21
  • 2 at Steamrail
W255 at the Victoria Railway MuseumW class0-6-0DHW 241 – W 267Tulloch Limited1959–1989275
  • 1 at Mornington Railway
  • 2 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 1 at Yarra Valley Railway
  • 1 stored with VicTrack
  • 22 scrapped
V56 at the Victoria Railway MuseumV class0-4-0DHV 56VR Newport Workshops1960–199211
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum

Petrol/Diesel Mechanical Locomotives

RT 20 in Swan Hill, featuring Freight Australia liveryRT class4wPM
4wDM
RT 1 – RT 54VR Newport Workshops1932–Current54 ?
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 1 at Victorian Goldfields Railway
  • 2 at Yarra Valley Railway
  • others unknown

Electric Locomotives

Original steeplecab locomotive 1101No. 1100
& 1101
Bo-Bo1100 – 1101VR Newport Workshops1923–195420
  • All scrapped
E 1102, preserved at the Newport Railway MuseumE classBo-BoE 1102 – E 1111VR Newport Workshops
& VR Jolimont Workshops
1928–1983104
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 3 at Steamrail
  • 6 scrapped
L1150 at the Victoria Railway MuseumL classCo-CoL 1150 – L 1174English Electric1953–1987254
  • 1 at Newport Railway Museum
  • 3 at Steamrail
  • 21 scrapped

Other

RTL classRTL 1Western Star Trucks1995–Current11
  • Road Transferable Locomotive
  • With Just Track
ImageClassWheel
arrangement
Fleet
number(s)
ManufacturerYears
in service
Quantity
made
Quantity
remaining
Comments

† Early sequential numbering
‡ Loco numbers pre class letter
§ Renumbering

See also

References

  • Medlin, Peter (2004). Victorian Railways Locomotives By Number. Peter Medlin.
  • Oberg, Leon (2010). Locomotives of Australia 1854–2010 (5th ed.). Dural, NSW: Rosenberg Publishing. ISBN 978-1921719011.
  • Cave, Norman; Buckland, John; Beardsell, David (2002). Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways. Vol. 1: The First Fifty Years. Melbourne, Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. ISBN 1876677384.
  • "Victorian Preserved Steam Locomotives". www.australiansteam.com. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  • Butrims, Robert (2013). The Phoenix Foundry Locomotive Builders of Ballarat : the history of a Ballarat engineering company. Williamstown, Vic. ISBN 9780646904023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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