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#VRlocomotives
DDE subruban passenger
4-6-2T tank version of the VR's successful DD-class 4-6-0.
DDE-class were reclassified to D4 by VR in 1929.
58 built Newport 1908-1913 for more demanding suburban lines.
DDE CLASS 702 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

DDE CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.783 ON DOWN KEW SUBURBAN TRAIN AT HAWTHORN 25-5-1913 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

DDE CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.750 HAULING TRAIN OF TAIT CARRIAGES PERSPECTIVE VIEW CIRCA 19O9 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

COPY- DDE CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.744 ON DOWN CAMBERWELL SUBURBAN TRAIN AT HAWTHORN 24-5-1913 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

HAWTHORN STATION WITH Dde CLASS LOCOMOTIVE No.788 ON BLACKBURN TRAIN PRE-ELECTRIFICATION COPY FROM AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

DDE CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.708 ON HAWTHORN BRIDGE OVER YARRA RIVER - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

BUILDERS DRAWINGS DDE AND Y CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES AND TENDERS - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

[Locomotive] DDE 718 on troop train, Flinders Street to Port Melbourne [Victoria], 1914
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-155038…
A great send off for the lads!

Steam shunting locomotive D4 Class 251 and vans, Spencer Street Station, Victoria, [n.d.]
flickr.com/photos/8571926…
DDE reclassifed D4 1929 so probably c. 1930s.

D4 267 North Melbourne c. 1954
PG Dow

D4 268 displayed at the ARHS Museum at North Williamstown. 10 May 2003.
D4 268 is the sole survivor of the DDE / D4 class.
australiansteam.com/D4 268.htm

D4 268 at Newport Workshops, set aside for preservation.
members.ozemail.com.au/~imcfadyen/Tra…

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