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V/Line G class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1984· class of diesel-electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Pacific-national-g-classes: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. G541 in Pacific National Livery,: Lindsay540· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The G Class are a class of diesel locomotive built by Clyde Engineering, Rosewater and Somerton for V/Line between 1984 and 1989.
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.
- 2.7 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 5 years (1984–1989).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1984–1989
- in service from
- 1984
- retired
- 1989
- status
- in service
- number built
- 33
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Aurizon, Pacific National, Southern Shorthaul Railroad, Qube Logistics, Rail First Asset Management, Watco Australia, V/Line
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- 2.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 19.8 m
- weight
- 127 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7906336, Wikipedia: V/Line G class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.