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Victorian Railways L class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by English Electric· from 1953· class of 25 Australian electric locomotives
7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. L1150 Newport Railway Museum locomotive 25-09-2022: Fork99· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Victorian Railways L Class locomotive No. 1150 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Victorian Railways L Class locomotive No. 1150 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Victorian Railways L Class locomotive No. 1150 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 03: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Victorian Railways L Class locomotive No. 1150 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 04: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Victorian Railways L Class locomotive No. 1150 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 05: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Victorian Railways L-Class: TheEpicEgg56· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Victorian Railways L class is a class of electric locomotives built by English Electric and operated by the Victorian Railways and later V/Line from 1953 until 1987 primarily for the Gippsland line. They were the only class of main line electric locomotive operated in Victoria.
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 73 years ago, in 1953.
- 1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 33 years (1954–1987).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1953–1954
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1987
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 25
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- English Electric, Dick, Kerr & Co.
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV Direct Current Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 98.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927276, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways L class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.