Thread by @ozbob13

#VRlocomotives
Thread on locos VR operated on the grand network.
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Y 0-6-0
#445 1888 Kitson & Co. England
#383 to 441 odds Phoenix Ballarat, 31 total
No.431 ON BENDIGO GOODS LEAVING NORTH MELBOURNE 14-6-1913
wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

Y class were renumbered, not sure when but certainly before 1950s.
Here is a renumbered Y at North Melbourne c. 1957
Like my hat? Must be cold, have my overcoat on.
Ys were the most powerful 0-6-0 locos to run in Oz.

WHITTLESEA STATION AND STAFF WITH Y CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.39 CIRCA 1890'S - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

This would have been #389

@SteamrailVic has a preserved operational Y class 419 ( Y 112). The Y was built in 1889 at Ballarat.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamrail…

Y108 1950s.

Today the mighty X 2-8-2 #27-55
Built at Newport Workshops 1929-47
26 equipped with boosters TE from 39,360 lb to 48,360 lb.
X 32 fitted for pulverised brown coal firing.

X CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.28 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
C. 1929

CONSTRUCTION OF X CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.27 ? - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

X CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.29 HAULING FREIGHT - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
This was their main task.

X CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.32 FIRING CONTROLS FOR PULVERIZED BROWN COAL. - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

STEAM LOCOMOTIVE X32 BEING REFUELED WITH BROWN COAL DUST, NORTH MELBOURNE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

X38 at Spencer Street station 7 November 1959
PG Dow
ARHS tour

Newport built. A great VR success was the X 2-8-2.

More on information on the X 2-8-2
railbotforum.org/yourls/3
X 32 leaves Melbourne yard on a test run Feb 1951.
Official VR photo, M 2271

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