#0257
Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company 4-4-0WT
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Robert Stephenson and Company· from 1871· class of 26 Australian 4-4-0WT steam locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Victorian Railways C Class Side View: Victorian Railways· Public domain
what is it?
This was a group of 6 4-4-0WT passenger steam locomotives, built by Robert Stephenson & Company for an early private railway operator in Victoria, and expanded by another 20 locomotives locally built by Robinson Brothers and Phoenix Foundry for the Victorian Railways. They later were known as the Victorian Railways C class.
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 155 years ago, in 1871.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 45 years (1871–1916).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1871–1883
- in service from
- 1871
- retired
- 1916
- status
- retired
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Robert Stephenson and Company, Phoenix Foundry
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 37.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q128033814, Wikipedia: Melbourne and Hobson's Bay United Railway Company 4-4-0WT (1871) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.