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Victorian Railways Y class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Kitson and Company· from 1885· class of 31 Australian 0-6-0 locomotives
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. YCLASS26876304290: Max Thum· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Victorian Railways Y class locomotive No. 108 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Victorian Railways Y class locomotive No. 108 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Preserved Victorian Railways locomotives Y419 and K153 and train at Newport Workshops: Max Thum· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Steam locomotive Y419 during the 2026 Steamrail Open Day at the Newport Railway Workshops in Newport, Melbourne - 55141354923: philip.mallis· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Steam locomotives Y419 and K190 double heading during the 2026 Steamrail Open Day at the Newport Railway Workshops in Newport, Melbourne - 55140289447: philip.mallis· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Steam locomotives Y419 and K190 double heading during the 2026 Steamrail Open Day at the Newport Railway Workshops in Newport, Melbourne - 55140290282: philip.mallis· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Y112 and K153 (April 2026) 1: Totallynotarandomalt69· CC BY 4.0
- 9. Y112 and K153 (April 2026) 2: Totallynotarandomalt69· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Victorian Railways Y class is a class of 0-6-0 steam locomotives.
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 141 years ago, in 1885.
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 75 years (1888–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1885–1889
- in service from
- 1888
- retired
- 1963
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 31
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Kitson and Company, Phoenix Foundry
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- 64 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 18.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927294, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways Y class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
