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#VRlocomotives
Passenger 2-2-2 ' singles '

OFFICIALS WITH J CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SEE H 1688 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Marvellous photograph ... love the top hats!
Probably c. 1860/70s. Just see the single driver.

J CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.10 SIDE VIEW SPENCER STREET - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

The 'singles were rebuilt as 2-4-0 between 1870 and 1874. Known as J class.
DRAWING OF J CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE c1860 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

J CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.6 AT BOORT PERSPECTIVE VIEW CIRCA EARLY 1880'S ???? - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Superb photograph.
J #6 was last of the class scrapped in 1916.

J CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No. 6 AT BIRCHIP 1903 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

J CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SIDE VIEW CONVERTED TO 2-4-0 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

Beyer Peacock 2-2-2 Single No.2 being prepared for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Train. Spencer Street 1868
railstory.org/chapter-four/

J4 - location and date not known.
Probably c. 1890s ..
railstory.org/chapter-four/

For the discerning early VR locomotive scholar ... 🎩
J is bottom right of this chart. Better in full size follow link.
Victorian Railways Locomotives 1895
State Library of Victoria
handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/95769

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