#0100
Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company 2-2-2WT
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Unknown builder· from 1856· steam locomotive class
what is it?
The Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company operated a total of four 2-2-2WT locomotives between 1856 and 1860. They were later operated by the Victorian Railways between 1860 and 1889.
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 170 years ago, in 1856.
- Served for 33 years (1856–1889).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1856
- in service from
- 1856
- retired
- 1889
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Unknown builder
- operators
- Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company, Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q112114609, Wikipedia: Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company 2-2-2WT (1855) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.