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Victorian Railways C class (diesel)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1977· class of 10 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. C501 on blocks Seymour loco: Dylan Walsh Forthevline· Attribution
- 2. Southern Shorthaul Railroad Locomotive C504: Tomoyn· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Victorian Railways C class diesel locomotive C503 at Kwinana Beach, Western Australia, June 2024 01: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Victorian Railways C class diesel locomotive C503 at Kwinana Beach, Western Australia, June 2024 02: Calistemon· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The C Class are a class of diesel locomotive built by Clyde Engineering, Rosewater for the Victorian Railways in 1977–1978.
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 49 years ago, in 1977.
- 2.5 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.7 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 1 years (1977–1978).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1977–1978
- in service from
- 1977
- retired
- 1978
- status
- in service
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- 133 km/h
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co'
- length
- 20.7 m
- weight
- 135 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927263, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways C class (diesel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.