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Victorian Railways X class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Newport Workshops· from 1929· class of 29 Australian 2-8-2 locomotive
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Victorian Railways X class locomotive No. 36 at the Newport Railway Museum - July 2022: Michael Coghlan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Victorian Railways X class locomotive No. 36 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Victorian Railways X class locomotive No. 36 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Victorian Railways X class locomotive No. 36 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 03: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Victorian Railways X class locomotive No. 36 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 04: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Victorian Railways X class is a mainline goods locomotive of the 2-8-2 'Mikado' type operated by the Victorian Railways (VR) between 1929 and 1960. They were the most powerful goods locomotive on the VR, aside from the single H class, H220, which was confined to the North East line, until the advent of diesel-electric traction, and operated over the key Bendigo, Wodonga, and Gippsland mainlines.
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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- 23.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1929–1961).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1929
- in service from
- 1929
- retired
- 1961
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 29
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Newport Workshops
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-2
- length
- 23.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17157043, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways X class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.