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Victorian Railways H class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Phoenix Foundry· from 1877· class of 8 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Victorian Old H class locomotive: Victorian Railways· Public domain
what is it?
The Victorian Railways H class was a class of 4-4-0 light line passenger locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1877 and 1916.
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 149 years ago, in 1877.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 39 years (1877–1916).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1877–1878
- in service from
- 1877
- retired
- 1916
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Phoenix Foundry
- designer
- William Meikle
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- length
- 12.8 m
- weight
- 32.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q106818813, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways H class (1877) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.