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16 Oct, 7 tweets, 4 min read

VR 4-4-0WT well tank
Nos. 278-288 (even numbers) built Stephenson 1870-77 for Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Coy.
Taken over by VR in 1878.
Later known as C class
C No 282
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…

VR built more C class.
Nos. 42, 262-276 and 306-310 (even numbers) Phoenix Ballarat 1882-83
Nos. 290-304 Robinson Melbourne 1880.
Last of the class no. 294 was scrapped in 1916.

C 286 4-4-0 WT circa 1900
Ashburton
mmrs.org.au/files/Call Board June - August 2015.pdf

SOUTH YARRA STATION WITH A MELBOURNE AND HOBSONS BAY UNITED RAILWAY 4-4-0 TANK LOCOMOTIVE No. 20 LATER TO BECOME A VICTORIAN RAILWAYS C CLASS CIRCA 1874 WITH PASSENGER SET - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

Class C. Robinson Bros.
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
One of the C class built by Robinson Bros. Melbourne.
Early 1900s.

Class C. No. 284
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…

C CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILT BY RH STEPHENSON AND CO 1873 WITHDRAWN 1916 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Dated 1877, so this was still a Melbourne & Hobson's Bay locomotive then.

C CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.300 PRINCES BRIDGE PLATFORM FLINDERS STREET PLATFORM IN BACKGROUND - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

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18 Oct

Deepdene
Deepdene was a railway station on the Outer Circle railway line. First opened 1891, closed 1893. Reopened 1900 as a section of the Outer Circle line from Riversdale to Deepdene. Passenger service withdrawn 1927.
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1900…

DEEPDENE STATION 1926 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Crossing loop on the single track, with two side platforms.
The line was reopened beyond Deepdene February 1925 to allow a goods service to be run to East Kew station. This service closed 1943.

Riversdale signal and track layout 1924
victorianrailways.net/signaling/comp…
Deepdene line top left.

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17 Oct

VR 2-4-0 passenger light line
Nos. 114 to 124 (even numbers)
Built Phoenix Ballarat 1874
Later known as K class. Last (118) was scrapped in 1905

K 114 c. 1890
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/881…

Class K
Rolland, Jas. C. M., artist 1895
handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/95784
These locomotives were capable of about 30 mph maximum running.

Class K No. 114
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
Appears to be waiting to be scrapped. c. 1900-5

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17 Oct

@Library_Vic

Victorian Railways Locomotives 1895
A series by artist Rolland, Jas C. M.

Class A1 (Kitson's) A2 (Beyer and Peacock's) and Class B-J Victorian Railways viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1056… via @Library_Vic

@Library_Vic

Class K-Q Victorian Railways and Class R1 (Kitson) R2 (Beyer-Peacock) R3 (Belgian) viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1057… via @Library_Vic

@Library_Vic

Class S-Z Victorian Railways and No. 162 ( and 164)
handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/95996 via @Library_Vic

All can be expanded at links.

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17 Oct

VR 0-6-0 type for light lines nos. 107 to 123 (odd numbers).
Built Phoenix Ballarat 1874
Later known as U class.
U 111 c. 1900s
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…

U class were poor design, tended to oscillate, waddle from side to side, damaged light lines. Nickname of 'Buzzwinkers' the nickname of Ellen Grimes, a notorious madame of the Ballarat goldfields!
Expensive modifications were done.

U CLASS 121 WARRAGUL
wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

'Buzzwinker '111 (not yet classed) at Euchca. c. 1880s
railstory.org/chapter-four/

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17 Oct

VR O class 0-6-0 goods
These were used extensively as the rail network developed.
Number 51, an O class engine, averaged 22,300 miles per annum over the five years 1864-1871, or about 70 miles per day.
railstory.org/chapter-four/

VR Power Parade 1954

0-6-0 mainline goods locomotive No.37 with other 0-6-0s and 2-4-0s at Spencer Street Engine Shed circa 1870.
railstory.org/chapter-four/

Class O No 23
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
first of class c. 1900s

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17 Oct

VR X class 0-6-0 goods
Nos. 353 to 381 (odd numbers)
built Phoenix Ballarat 1886-87.
Last X 373 scrapped 1920.

X CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.359 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Referred to as ' Jumbos ' by engine crew.

The X 0-6-0 was really a mixed traffic engine. When introduced they often hauled the Adelaide Express between Melbourne and Stawell.

X CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.357 BUILT PHOENIX 1886 WITHDRAWN 1920 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

X CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.377 ON GOODS TRAIN 1914 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

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