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Victorian Railways S class (diesel)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1957· class of 18 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Victorian-railways-s-class: Marcus Wong Wongm· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Victorian Railways S class: Tomoyn· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The S class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways between 1957 and 1961.
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- 1.4 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 4 years (1957–1961).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1957–1961
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 1961
- status
- in service
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- 133 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 18.7 m
- weight
- 116 t
- nicknames
- Bulldogs, Streamliners
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927286, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways S class (diesel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.