what is it?
The V/Line RTL class is a road-rail locomotive, capable of operating on both road and rail. It was basically a truck with retractable rail wheels. Built by Western Star Trucks in the United States, the rail equipment was provided by Brandt Industries of Canada.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1995
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Western Star Trucks
- operators
- Public Transport Corporation, Freight Australia
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- weight
- 25.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7927283, Wikipedia: V/Line RTL class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.