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V/Line N class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1985· class of 25 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Vline-n469-sss: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. VLine N Class Locomotive N467: Billy Evans· CC BY 4.0
- 3. VLine N-class "dog bone" locomotive at Southern Cross Station, Melbourne: Kelisi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. VLine N Class Seymour: Thomashobley7532· CC0
- 5. Vline n class train at lara victoria: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The N Class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering in Somerton for V/Line in the state of Victoria between 1985 and 1987. Built as a part of the New Deal, the class was meant to replace the ageing B class locomotives.
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 41 years ago, in 1985.
- 1.8 MW is about 22 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 41 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1985–1987
- in service from
- 1985
- status
- in service
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- V/Line, Southern Shorthaul Railroad
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 18.9 m
- weight
- 123 t
- nicknames
- Dog bones
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7906337, Wikipedia: V/Line N class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.