#3516
Victorian Railways V class (diesel-hydraulic)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Newport Workshops· from 1959· class of 1 Australian diesel-hydraulic locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. V56 ARHS: DounutCereal· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Victorian Railways V class is a one-off diesel hydraulic locomotive that consisted of only V56. It was built as the shunter for the Jolimont Workshops to move the suburban sets through the washdocks. It was originally unclassed, being classified as a "Power Shunter", but was subsequently designated as V56 and thus became the final locomotive built at Newport Workshops.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1959
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Newport Workshops
- top speed
- 16 km/h
- power
- 30 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
- length
- 6.3 m
- weight
- 22 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927290, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways V class (diesel-hydraulic) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.