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Victorian Railways T class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1955· class of 94 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. VR-T413: Zzrbiker at English Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 20190319- MG 5360: Max Thum· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Victorian Railways T class T382 at the SRHC depot in 2024: Jason L· CC0
what is it?
The T class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways between 1955 and 1968.
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Served for 13 years (1955–1968).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1955–1968
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1968
- status
- in service
- number built
- 94
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927288, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways T class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.