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Victorian Railways A2 class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Newport Workshops· from 1907· class of 185 Australian 4-6-0 locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. A2-995: User:Zzrbiker· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. A2 986 and R761 on 8095 to Bendigo Yard rounding the curve in Golden Square: Patrickstrainchannel· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Victorian Railways A2 class locomotive No. 884 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Victorian Railways A2 class locomotive No. 884 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Victorian Railways A2 class locomotive No. 964 Steam train in Edwardes Lake Park, Reservoir - December 2018: Philip Mallis· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Victorian Railways A2 class locomotive No. 995 at the Newport Railway Museum - July 2022: Michael Coghlan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Victorian Railways A2 class locomotive No. 995 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Victorian Railways A2 class locomotive No. 995 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Victorian Railways A2 class locomotive No. 995 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 03: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 10. Victorian Railways A2 class locomotive No. 995 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 04: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The A2 class is an express passenger locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1907 to 1963. A highly successful design entirely the work of Victorian Railways' own design office, its long service life was repeatedly extended as the Great Depression and later World War II delayed the introduction of more modern and powerful replacement 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 119 years ago, in 1907.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 56 years (1907–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1907
- in service from
- 1907
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 185
- kind
- steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Newport Workshops, Ballarat North Workshops, Bendigo Workshops
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-6-0
- length
- 19.2 m
- weight
- 123 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927259, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways A2 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.