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Victorian Railways V class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1900· class of 16 Australian 2-8-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. VClass499: Victorian Railways The Locomotive Publishing Company· CC0
what is it?
The Victorian Railways V Class is a steam locomotive, used on the Victorian Railways in the period 1900-1930.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 126 years ago, in 1900.
- 14.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 30 years (1900–1930).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1900
- in service from
- 1900
- retired
- 1930
- status
- retired
- number built
- 16
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phoenix Foundry
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 14.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927289, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways V class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.