#0146
Victorian Railways B class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1861· class of 28 Australian 2-4-0 locomotives
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- 1. A and B class VR locomotives: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Victorian Railways B class was a class of 2-4-0 passenger locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways (VR) between 1862 and 1917, built by various builders. The B class locomotives are regarded as the first mainline VR motive power, and were highly successful in passenger operations.
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 165 years ago, in 1861.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 55 years (1862–1917).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1861–1880
- in service from
- 1862
- retired
- 1917
- status
- retired
- number built
- 28
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, R. & W. Hawthorn, Phoenix Foundry
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- weight
- 37.6 t
- nicknames
- Overarmers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927261, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways B class (1861) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.