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V/Line A class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1984· class of 11 Australian diesel-electric locomotives rebuilt from VR A class
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- 1. SSR A70: Tomoyn· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The A class are a class of diesel locomotives rebuilt from Victorian Railways B class locomotives by Clyde Engineering, Rosewater in South Australia for V/Line in 1984–1985.
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 42 years ago, in 1984.
- 1.8 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 33 years (1985–2018).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1984–1985
- in service from
- 1985
- retired
- 2018
- status
- in service
- number built
- 11
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- V/Line, Southern Shorthaul Railroad
- top speed
- 133 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 18.5 m
- weight
- 122 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7906334, Wikipedia: V/Line A class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.