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#VRlocomotives
DD 4-6-0
Together with A2, the backbone of the VR fleet.
From VR Power Parade 1954
The DD locomotives were reclassified as D1, D2 and D3 from 1929 to 1951.

DD CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SIDE VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

DD CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE Nos.1046, 754 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
DD were renumbered a number of times. Bit confusing with regard to numbers.

DD CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.614 IN CANADIAN RED - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

WONTHAGGI STATION GENERAL VIEW APPROXIMATELY 1918 DD CLASS LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

DD CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.772 HAULING FREIGHT MURRAY BRIDGE YARRAWONGA CIRCA 1930 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

DAYLESFORD STATION WITH DD CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.786 ON MIXED TRAIN - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

A2 CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No. 847 AND DD CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.561 ON ADELAIDE EXPRESS AT NORTH MELBOURNE 8-11-1913 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

DD CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.620 AT HAWTHORN WITH SWING DOOR CARRIAGES PERSPECTIVE VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Wonderful photograph ...

DD CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.654 HAULING SYDNEY EXPRESS CARRIAGES PERSPECTIVE VIEW WODONGA AREA CIRCA 1907 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

A railways staff member performing maintenance on Dd-class steam locomotive No.513 1928
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/795808

The Dd-class steam locomotive No.66? which was used to transport troops from Ballarat to Geelong. The loco has been decorated for the occasion with flags, decorative paintwork & the phrase 'Australia for the Empire'.
Ballarat East 1916

collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/795145

No. 794 was built at Newport workshops in 1914 (built as Dd 948, reclassed & renumbered as Dd537, Dd794, D2 794 & then D3 630).
Elephants pushing a goods truck back onto the track after a circus train derailed at Henty Station.
collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/795865

More information: Victorian Railways Dd class
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian…
Photograph NEWPORT WORKSHOPS INTERIOR CIRCA 1910, CONSTRUCTION OF DD AND A2 CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES.
museumsvictoria.com.au/railways/image…

DRAWING OF DD CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 4-6-0 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

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