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Victorian Railways E class (electric)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Jolimont Workshops· from 1923· class of 12 Australian electric locomotives
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- 1. VR E class 1102: Zzrbiker ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Victorian Railways E class is a class of electric locomotive that ran on the Victorian Railways (VR) from 1923 until 1984. Introduced shortly after the electrification of the suburban rail system in Melbourne, Australia, and based on the same electrical and traction equipment as Melbourne's early suburban electric multiple unit fleet, they provided power for suburban goods services and shunting for six decades.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
- 462 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 11 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 61 years (1923–1984).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923–1929
- in service from
- 1923
- retired
- 1984
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Jolimont Workshops, Newport Workshops
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- 462 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- electric system
- 1.5 kV DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 11 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927265, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways E class (electric) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.