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V/Line P class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1984· class of 13 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. New VLine Livery P11: Alex1991 at en.wikipedia· Public domain
- 2. P Class P16: Billy Evans· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Vline-p-class-loco: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The P class are a class of diesel locomotives rebuilt from T class locomotives by Clyde Engineering, Somerton 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.
- 820 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 42 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1984–1985
- in service from
- 1984
- status
- in service
- number built
- 13
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- V/Line, Southern Shorthaul Railroad
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 820 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- length
- 14.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7906338, Wikipedia: V/Line P class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.