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#VRlocomotives
R class 4-6-4 the mighty ' Hudson ' !
Designed as a fast passenger locomotive to replace the A2. Displaced after a couple of years by the diesels (B & S).
The R is probably the best known of all the VR steam locos, they have done and still do a lot of tours.

R CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.704 FRONT VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

R CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE R 735 ON DOWN BAIRNSDALE WARRAGUL 18.2.56 COURTESY OF BRIAN GOODWIN COLLECTION - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Superb locomotives, mechanical stokers, could maintain high speed running effortlessly. 2nd last new steam loco for VR.

Victorian railways R-Class locomotive R-732 at Ingliston bank [c. September 1952]
flickr.com/photos/8571926…

PERSPECTIVE VIEW R CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.718 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

WARRENHEIP BANK B AND T CLASS DIESEL AND R CLASS STEAM HAULING WHEAT TRAIN - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

R CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.701 VARIOUS VIEWS DUPLICATE NEGS c1951 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

UNLOADING OF R CLASS STEAM LOCO No.769 AND TENDER FROM SHIP - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

R CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.707 NEWPORT WORKSHOPS 1ST SEPTEMBER 1973 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

STEAM CLASS LOCOMOTIVE C 15 AND R 735 AT WARRAGUL LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT 18.2.56 COURTESY BRIAN GOODWIN COLLECTION - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

Spotswood Up Goods R Class
Date Taken: 24 November 1960
Weston Langford
westonlangford.com/images/photo/1…

For a while WestCoast railway ran regular steam revenue services to Warrnambool using R711 and R761 1998-2004. Technically the last steam hauled revenue services.
Photograph I took at Colac Nov1999 during a water stop.

At Warrnambool.
R711 had been fitted with controls that would allow diesel electric locomotives to be operated from the steam engine, so that one crew can operate the steam loco and diesel loco with heavy trains during busy periods.

Hudsons On The Mainline : VR R Class 4-6-4
Video throughout 2018 / 19 of preserved examples of the Victorian Railways R class 4-6-4 mainline passenger locomotive, on various tours on Bendigo line.
youtube.com/watch?v=35it0r…

R711 "Super R" Hudson Steam Loco around Victoria
youtube.com/watch?v=Nwl5yz…

Cabride R711 to Warrnambool
" Here we join the crew of R711 at Geelong on the Down journey for a fast run to Warrnambool. On the Up journey we rejoin the cab for a run from Geelong towards Melbourne. "
youtube.com/watch?v=Aja7pK…

More information on the R class at VICSIG
vicsig.net/index.php?page…
R707 on a Special train passes through the new platform at Craigieburn

Sunday, 30th September 2007
Photo: Chris Gordon

R724 at Spencer Street station February 1960 PG Dow
I was 9 years old

We made it! Colac, and the train for Beech Forest is waiting ...
R724 PG Dow

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