#VRlocomotives
V class 2-8-0
#499 Baldwin USA 1900
#501 - 529 Phoenix Ballarat 1901-2
Compounds converted to simple expansion 1912-13
Renumbered 200 - 215
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 2-8-0 SIDE VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
The V class were the first all line freight locomotive that were not 0-6-0. Were used on passenger services, particularly UFG. V 499 (200) was the last of the class to be scrapped in 1930.
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ON RAILWAY BRIDGE ON NOOJEE LINE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
V class were common on the hilly Gippsland lines.
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 2-8-0 (OPENING OF WARBURTON LINE 1901????) - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Line opened 1901. Compound cylinders prominent.
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.509 ON FIRST WATER TRAIN TO MALLEE NEAR MARYBOROUGH 1902 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE Nos.525, 213 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Not dated but after the conversion from compound to simple expansion. Probably shortly after conversion ? c. 1915. V 525 renumbered to V 213
More on the V 2-8-0
victorian railways net
railbotforum.org/yourls/4
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