#0295
Victorian Railways Q class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Phoenix Foundry· from 1873· class of 10 Australian 0-6-0 locomotives
what is it?
Victorian Railways' Q class was a class of steam locomotives built for the Wodonga line. The first locomotives came from Phoenix Foundry. They were a class of 10 0-6-0 tender engines built in 1873-74.
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 153 years ago, in 1873.
- Served for 35 years (1873–1908).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1873
- in service from
- 1873
- retired
- 1908
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Phoenix Foundry
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- nicknames
- Greenbacks
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927282, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways Q class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.