#0361
Victorian Railways D class
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works· from 1876· class of 2 Australian 4-4-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Rogers D Class No. 162: Victorian Railways· Public domain
what is it?
The D class of 1876 was the first example of American-built locomotives to be used on Victorian Railways, and among the first such engines to operate in Australia. Both examples were scrapped.
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 150 years ago, in 1876.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1876
- in service from
- 1876
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
- weight
- 33.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q107555724, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways D class (1876) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.