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19 Oct, 7 tweets, 4 min read
VR 2-4-0ST saddle tank
Nos. 14 to 26 (even numbers) built 1860 George England & Co. London.
Nos. 28, 30, 32 built 1860 Slaughter Gruning Bristol.
Later classed as L.
In service 1861, last (no. 20) scrapped 1906.

L22 and others Spencer St early 1880s
wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
At 37⅜ tons they were the heaviest locomotives on the roster in the 1860s.

L CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.26 SIDE VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
L CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.22 LEAVING SOMERTON FOR BROADMEADOWS-ESSENDON 1899 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
SPENCER STREET STATION TERMINUS CIRCA 1860, J CLASS STEAM LOCOS Nos.4 AND 10 AND L CLASS STEAM LOCO No.30 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
WORKSHOPS WILLIAMSTOWN CIRCA 1870, O CLASS STEAM LOCO No.21 AND L CLASS STEAM LOCO No.20 IN PICTURE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
L 20
pjv101.net/fts/u01/ad625.…

The L class saddle tanks were the only saddle tank class VR had.
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21 Oct
Good Morning Ballarat!
Ballarat station (as Ballarat West) opened April 1862 when railway from Geelong was completed. The train hall and north station buildings date from 1862 and the south building with its clock tower was added in 1889.

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Ballarat station 1875.
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20 Oct
Good Morning Bendigo!
Opened on 21 October 1862 as Sandhurst, name was changed in 1891 when city renamed Bendigo.
Railway workshops opened by VR at Bendigo in 1917.
Bendigo was a major railway centre.

Victorian railway map 1870
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Victorian railway map 1947
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19 Oct
VR 0-6-0 Beyer Peacock built 1859 in service 1860
Nos. 1 3 5 7 9 later known as P class.
Rebuilt early 1900s. Last scrapped 1921 after a service life of 1,257,136 miles.

P CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.3 SIDE VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
P CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SIDE VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Rebuilt c. 1904
DRAWING OF P CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 0-6-0 c1860 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Original form.
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19 Oct
VR 0-6-0 goods built George England & Company London 1857, nos. 2, 3, 4, & 5, in service 1859.
Renumbered 11, 13, 15 and 17 in 1860.
Later known as V class.

STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TYPE 0 6 0 1859 LATER V CLASS - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILT BY GEO ENGLAND AND CO 1858 WITHDRAWN 1904 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
The first photograph appears to have some of the image removed. This is the same photograph.
DRAWING OF ORIGINAL V/CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SIDE VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
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19 Oct
VR 2-2-2 passenger
Nos. 2 4 6 8 10 built Beyer Peacock 1859 ' singles '
Rebuilt as 2-4-0 1870-74
Classed as J class. Last scrapped 1916 no. 6

No. 10 c. 1860s
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
VICTORIAN RAILWAY ENGINEER IN CHIEFS BRANCH 1862 J CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
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J Class (Rebuilt) viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1390… via @Library_Vic c. 1900
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18 Oct
Good Morning Geelong!
First station was built as the terminus of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company line 1854. Later relocated to the west, 1877 > 1881 current station building was constructed.

Geelong & Melbourne Railway Terminus, Geelong 1854
handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/154036
Network 1870
vrhistory.com/VRMaps/Vic1870…
Geelong to Greenwich opened 1857. 1859 Williamstown line completed and trains could then run into Melbourne. Geelong - Ballarat open 1862.
Geelong c. 1890
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R class (old)
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