#0327
Victorian Railways F class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1874· class of Australian 2-4-0 locomotives
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Victorian Railways F Class: Margaret & Noel Dooley· CC0
- 2. Victorian Railways F class locomotive No. 176 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Victorian Railways F class locomotive No. 176 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Victorian Railways F class locomotive No. 176 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 03: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Victorian Railways F class was originally a class of 2-4-0 light line passenger locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1874 and 1929.
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 152 years ago, in 1874.
- 12.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 48 years (1874–1922).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1874–1880
- in service from
- 1874
- retired
- 1922
- status
- retired
- number built
- 21
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Phoenix Foundry
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-4-0
- length
- 12.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17050914, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways F class (1874) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.