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Victorian Railways J class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Vulcan Foundry· from 1954· class of 60 Australian 2-8-0 locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. J515atVGR: User:Zzrbiker· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Victorian Railways J class locomotive No. 559 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 01: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Victorian Railways J class locomotive No. 559 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 02: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 4. Victorian Railways J class locomotive No. 559 at the Newport Railway Museum - May 2017 - 03: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Victorian Railways J class locomotive No. 507 by the lake at dawn Mulwala NSW - December 2021: John· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. J515atMaldon: User:Zzrbiker· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Loco 515 619 & 157 at the Goldfields Railway - May 2014: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Loco 515 619 & 212 at the Goldfields Railway - May 2014: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Loco J515 and D3-619 at the Goldfields Railway - May 2014: nzsteam· CC BY 2.0
- 10. J541 VGR YVTR Castlemaine: Alex1991 at en.wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The Victorian Railways J class is a branch line steam locomotive operated by the Victorian Railways (VR) between 1954 and 1972. A development of the successful Victorian Railways K class 2-8-0, it was the last new class of steam locomotive introduced on the VR. Introduced almost concurrently with the diesel-electric locomotives that ultimately superseded them, the locomotives were only in service for a relatively short time.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 18 years (1954–1972).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1954
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1972
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- Victorian Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-8-0
- length
- 18.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927273, Wikipedia: Victorian Railways J class (1954) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.