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Victorian Railways X class (diesel)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Clyde Engineering· from 1966· class of 24 Australian diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Preserved X class locomotive at Southern Cross station: Merri-Bek Railfan· CC0
what is it?
The X class are a class of mainline diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville and Rosewater for the Victorian Railways between 1966 and 1976.
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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 10 years (1966–1976).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1966–1976
- in service from
- 1966
- retired
- 1976
- status
- in service
- number built
- 24
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Clyde Engineering
- operators
- Victorian Railways, State Transport Authority, Public Transport Corporation, Freight Australia, Pacific National, 3801 Limited, SCT Logistics
- top speed
- 133 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- length
- 18.5 m
- weight
- 114 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927293, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways X class (diesel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.