Victorian Railways Dd class

57 ft 4+3⁄4 in (17.49 m)Axle load13 long tons 0 cwt (29,100 lb or 13.2 t)Adhesive weight38 long tons 6 cwt (85,800 lb or 38.9 t)Loco weight53 long tons 0 cwt (118,700 lb or 53.9 t)Tender weight41 long tons 16 cwt (93,600 lb or 42.5 t)Total weight94 long tons 16 cwt (212,400 lb or 96.3 t)Fuel typeCoalFuel capacity5 long tons 0 cwt (11,200 lb or 5.1 t)Water cap.4,220 imp gal (19,200 L; 5,070 US gal)Firebox:​ • Grate area21.2 sq ft (1.97 m²)Boiler pressure175 lbf/in² (1.21 MPa)Heating surface1,375 sq ft (127.7 m²)CylindersTwo, outsideCylinder size18 in × 26 in (457 mm × 660 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	20,530 lbf (91.3 kN) at 85% boiler pressure

Career
Number in class	261

The D^D class (later reclassified into D¹, D² and D³ subclasses) was a passenger and mixed traffic steam locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1902 to 1974. Originally introduced on mainline express passenger services, they were quickly superseded by the much larger A² class and were relegated to secondary and branch line passenger and goods service, where they gave excellent service for the next fifty years. The D^D design was adapted into a 4-6-2T tank locomotive for suburban passenger use, the D^DE (later D⁴) class. They were the most numerous locomotive class on the VR, with a total of 261 D^D and 58 ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ locomotives built.

History

By 1900, Victoria's express passenger locomotive fleet was almost exclusively made up of 4-4-0 designs of the Old A, New A, and the most recent AA class. These locomotives reflected contemporary British locomotive practice (as did the VR's fleet of 0-6-0 goods locomotives), in no small part due to the Victorian Government having appointed, in 1884, a Midland Railway manager, Richard Speight, as its first Chief Railways Commissioner. The commissioners then asked British locomotive engineer Edward Jeffreys to design five standard types of locos, in partnership with the British locomotive manufacturer (Kitson & Company of Leeds).^[1]

At the turn of the century, in what marked a major shift in policy, the recently appointed VR Commissioner, John Mathieson, set up a Locomotive Design Section for in-house development of future motive power. The D^D class locomotives were the first product of this exercise.^[2] A 4-6-0 design equipped with 5 ft 1 in driving wheels, saturated steam boiler and Belpaire firebox, the D^D reflected the considerable talent of VR's design team, which included ex-Beyer, Peacock & Company recruit Eugene Siepen, future VR Chief Mechanical Engineer Alfred Smith, and Rolling Stock Branch manager Thomas Woodroffe.^[3]

Production

The first D^D was number 560, constructed at the Victorian Railways' Newport Workshops and entering service in 1902. It was followed by engines 582 to 700, evens only, all constructed at Newport with the exception of 602, 604, 606, 608, 610, 632 and 634. These seven engines were notable as the last locomotives to be built by Ballarat's Phoenix Foundry, which had been the main supplier of locomotives to the VR for over thirty years. That was because the conservative Irvine government sought to reduce the costs of locomotive construction, and Newport Workshops was asked to tender for the construction of the D^D class locomotives. A fierce tender war between Newport and Phoenix eventually resulted in a Royal Commission, which found that Newport could produce a locomotive for £3,364, some £497 cheaper than the Phoenix Foundry.^[3] Phoenix produced just seven D^D locomotives and received no further orders, going into voluntary liquidation a year later.^[3][4]

Engines 702 to 796, again evens only, were delivered as tank engines of the ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ class up to the end of 1910. By this point the odds/evens locomotive numbering scheme had been abandoned, so the last nine of the batch were delivered as 701-717 to start filling gaps.

As part of the competitive tendering process, in early 1912 contracts were signed with each of Beyer, Peacock & Company of Manchester, England, Baldwin Locomotive Works of the US, Walkers Limited of Maryborough, Queensland and Austral Otis, to compare against the cost of building engines at Newport Workshops. Ritchie Brothers of Sydney had also tendered but failed to win any of the orders. The contracts were for 20 engines each, with rights to a 20-engine extension and the possibility of up to a total of 100 engines. Respectively, Beyer, Peacock & Company delivered engines 531-569, Baldwin delivered 571-609 and Newport 611-649 (plus tank engine 719) in 1912. The following year saw Walkers delivered 651-689 while Newport supplied tank engines 721-749. Austral Otis encountered difficulties and withdrew from the contract in November 1912, leading to that contract being re-offered.

From 1914 newly delivered engines were consecutively numbered. Between 1914 and 1919 Newport delivered three batches of 20 engines each, numbered 873-912, 943-962 and 1013-1032, at a rate of 20 per year except the final two, delivered in 1918 and 1919 respectively.

The firm Thompsons & Co successfully won the contract for the 20 engines not being constructed by Austral Otis, and these were delivered from the end of 1914 numbered 893-912. A repeat order was placed in 1916 with deliveries of 963-982, and work had started on a further 20 engines when pressures of World War I led to the firm abandoning the remainder of the D^D contract extensions. The parts already constructed were forwarded to Victorian Railways workshops, initially with five each being built at Bendigo and Ballarat (1033-1037 and 1038-1042 respectively), and the next ten were split between Newport (1043-1046), Bendigo (1047-1049) and Ballarat (1050-1052). These three workshops turned out virtually all subsequent locomotives for the Victorian railway system until the post-war era. (Some references exist to a further ten Thompsons engines, but no evidence is available to support the claim.^[5])

Regular service

D^D class locomotives were initially assigned to hauling the Adelaide Express over the steep gradients between Melbourne and Ballarat, but were soon seen on mainline passenger services on a number of lines.^[6]

The first years of the 20th century saw on the VR (as elsewhere in the world) a considerable increase in both the amount of traffic and the size and weight of rolling stock being hauled. In 1907, the D^D class was supplanted by the much larger and more powerful A² class on principal mainline services.^[7] However, with their light axle load (just 12 t 10 cwt in their original form),^[8] they were quickly reassigned to the VR's branchline network, where they became a fixture for the next fifty years.^[9]

From July until September 1918, 1032 was loaned to the South Australian Railways for trails against a Rx class operating from Adelaide to Murray Bridge and Victor Harbor.^[10]

Commissioner's Engines

With their light axle load and express passenger speed, the D^D was also an ideal choice as motive power for the Victorian Railways Commissioner's train (used to carry the VR Commissioners on inspection tours to every corner of the VR network). In January 1917, Commissioners' locomotive No. 100, a 2-4-0 built in 1872, was scrapped and replaced with the brand new D^D 980 from Thompsons Foundry in Castlemaine.^[11] It was later renumbered D^D 718, D^D 600 and D¹ 600, until March 1937 when it was placed into normal service as D¹ 576, operating until 1959. There is photographic evidence of D¹ 600 as Commissioners' Engine throughout the 1930s in the K.V. Scott collection. The new Commissioners engine from 1937 was D³ 683, specially fitted with an electric headlight (Mort Clark Bulletin Article) and in August 1950 it was replaced by D³ 639. 639 herself was withdrawn in July 1956 and replaced with D³ 658, however 639's numbers were transferred to 658. D³ 639 (658) was replaced by new 40 M.P.H, Clyde EMD diesel-electric Y 123 in January 1964. In August 1968 new diesel-electric Y 175 geared for 60 M.P.H. running took over until the Commissioners' Train was discontinued about 1979/80. In 1983 new Chief General Manager Mr. John Hearsch reinstated the Inspection Train with Clyde diesel-electric T 410. The Inspection train was discontinued after Hearsch left for Queensland Rail circa 1991.

D^D_E tank engine

Victorian Railways ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ class
Victorian Railways photograph of ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ 702, circa 1910
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder VR Newport Workshops (all 58)
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-6-2T Gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Length 41 ft 10+1⁄2 in (12.76 m) Axle load 14 long tons 10 cwt (32,500 lb or 14.7 t) Adhesive weight 38 long tons 6 cwt (85,800 lb or 38.9 t) Loco weight 69 long tons 0 cwt (154,600 lb or 70.1 t) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 2 long tons 15 cwt (6,200 lb or 2.8 t) Water cap. 1,700 imp gal (7,700 L; 2,000 US gal)
Career Number in class 58

The expansion of Melbourne's population into new suburbs early in the 20th century, and the delay of the suburban electrification project,^[12] saw the need for faster and more powerful steam locomotives for the suburban rail network. In 1908, the basic design of the D^D was adapted to create 4-6-2T tank locomotives, classed ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$. They were put to work on longer and hillier suburban routes such as the Dandenong, Frankston, Upper Ferntree Gully, Williamstown, Werribee, Lilydale, Darling and Kew railway lines. A total of 58 were built between 1908 and 1913.^[13]

With electrification of the suburban network already on the drawing board (the first electrified lines opening in 1919), the ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ was designed for easy conversion to D^D tender engines in the event of electrification making them redundant. However, only two were modified in that way.^[13] Ten were scrapped in 1924, followed by another four in 1925, and ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ 704 was sold to the State Electricity Commission of Victoria.^[14] The remaining ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ locomotives remained in service on non-electrified outer suburban routes or found new roles as suburban goods locomotives or shunters. Some were allotted to Ballarat to work the short branch line to Newlyn.

Design improvements

During the construction of the D^D class, a number of changes were made. The first locomotives built featured low running plates with splashers over the driving wheels and a narrow cab. However, after 26 such examples were built the design was altered^[13] with high running plates mounted above the driving wheels and a more comfortable full-width pressed metal cab of Canadian design, a feature incorporated at the request of Victorian Railways Chief Commissioner and former Canadian Pacific Transportation Manager Thomas Tait.^[6] These became hallmarks of all subsequent VR steam locomotive designs.

Although the Dd was considered to be a successful design, it had a key shortcoming in that its boiler performance was not sufficient for the traffic demands being placed on it. In 1914, an experimental superheater was fitted to D^D 882 and was found to be very successful.^[13] Both D^D and A² designs (both locomotive classes still under construction at the time) were modified with superheated boilers (with all of the existing A² class locomotives eventually fitted with superheated boilers). Superheaters were also fitted to three of the ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ locomotives.^[13] Further D^D locomotives were also built with 19 in. diameter cylinders in place of the original 18 in. cylinders.^[13]

In 1923–4, D^D 1022 was experimentally fitted with Pulverised Brown Coal (PBC) burning equipment.^[15]

Reclassing: D¹, D² and D⁴ class

In 1922 a complex renumbering and reclassing of VR locomotives saw the D^D class split into two subclasses, the D¹ class (comprising all the original saturated steam locomotives with 18 in. cylinders) and the D² class (comprising superheated locomotives with either 18 or 19 in. cylinders).

With the introduction of a further D³ class in 1929, the ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ tank locomotives were reclassified as D⁴ class in 1929.

The D³ class

Victorian Railways D3 class
Preserved D3 locomotive (left) adjacent to a K class locomotive, the boiler design of which formed the basis for the D3 boiler.
Type and origin Power type steam Builder VR Newport Workshops Number rebuilt 94 (all from earlier DD class locomotives)
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 4-6-0 Gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Length 58 ft 3+3⁄8 in (17.76 m) Axle load 13 long tons 14 cwt (30,700 lb or 13.9 t) Total weight 99 long tons 11 cwt (223,000 lb or 101.1 t) Firebox: ​  • Grate area 25 sq ft (2.3 m2) Boiler pressure 170 lbf/in2 (1.2 MPa) Heating surface 1,592 sq ft (147.9 m2) Cylinder size 19 in × 26 in (483 mm × 660 mm)
Performance figures Tractive effort 22,600 lbf (101 kN) at 85% boiler pressure

Despite the success of superheating the D^D boiler, it was still somewhat limited in steam-raising capabilities. In 1922, a new design of 2-8-0 branch line goods locomotive, the K class, was introduced, with noticeably superior boiler performance to that of the D^D. In 1929, a D^D class locomotive was rebuilt with a larger boiler derived from the K class design. Based on the success of the rebuild, a further 93 D¹or D² class locomotives were converted between 1929 and 1947, and classified D³.

The D³s were economical and efficient, but also renowned for their superior performance. They could be worked hard and were a favourite with crews.^[16] Although restricted to a maximum permitted speed of 60 mph (95 km/h), the D³s were known to be capable of up to 75 mph (120 km/h).^[6]

With its low axle load and its ability to travel at a relatively high speed, the D³ helped to speed up passenger services on many lightly laid branch lines.

Conversions and Renumberings

In the period 1922-1927 well over half the fleet of D^D engines were renumbered, some twice, to clean up the mess left behind by the former odds/evens system and group engines of the same design into a consecutive series. In 1922 the proposed range was 490-799 for the D^d engines and 250-269 for the ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$s, although in practice the ranges ended up as 500-799 and 250-287 with many numbers unfilled. Note the total of these groups would have been 350 engines, against 319 actually built. During this period two of the ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ engines were converted to tender engines, one sold and a further 17 scrapped.^[17]

In 1929 the D^D series was further segregated into D¹, D² and D³ taking slots 500-645, 700-799 and 638-699 respectively. The first of the latter was D¹ 542 to D³ 685 in 1929, followed by further examples of the D³ upgrade completed in 1930 to give the number range 675-689 and this was further extended to 670-699 by the end of 1932. Later conversions between 1933 and 1946 counted down from 669 to 607 in 1946, and finally 604 ex D² 717 entering service in 1947. It is not clear which, if any, engines were intended to take the slots of D³ 605 or 606. Otherwise, the D^D group was reclassed as either D¹ or D² as appropriate, for the most part without renumbering.^[17] Unlike with other renumbering projects, engines converted to D³ and renumbered did not have their previous slots immediately filled.

In 1951, to make way for new J and R Class engines being ordered under Operation Phoenix, the remaining D1 and D2 engines were renumbered to the range 561-579 and 580-604 respectively, with D³ 604 changing to 606. At the time, engines D¹ 573, 578, 579 and 585 were still in service and retained their numbers, leaving gaps at numbers 575, 577, 583, 602 and 605. Assuming 585 would have been renumbered to replace D¹ 572 withdrawn that year, the remaining open slots in each group correspond to the number of engines withdrawn in 1951.

Engine renumbering histories

These tables are based on:

• Cave, N., Buckland, J. & Beardsell, D. (2002) Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways - Volume 1 The First Fifty Years, Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division), ISBN 1876677384
• Medlin, P. N. (2004) Victorian Railways Locomotives by Number (self-published, based on Victorian Railways' locomotive repair cards)
• ARHS Bulletin No 167, September 1951, page 115

D^D Engines

Builder	No.	Footplate	Cab	Original DD		DD (2nd)		DD (3rd)		D1 (1st)		D1 (2nd)		D1 (3rd)		D2 (1st)		D2 (2nd)		D3 (1st)		D3 (2nd)		Off Register	Reason	Notes	Age
Newport	n/a			Ex ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ 712	1908	DD 761	1922	DD 532	1925															1934	Scrapped		26
Newport	n/a			Ex ${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ 710	1908	DD 763	1922	DD 533	1926															1935	Scrapped		27
Newport	n/a	Low	Thin	DD 560	1902	DD 796	1926									D2 796	1930			D3 657	1935			1960	Scrapped	Fitted with high running plate and wide cab 1912	58
Newport	n/a	Low	Thin	DD 582	1903					D1 582	1929													1937	Scrapped	Fitted with high running plate and wide cab 1914	34
Newport	n/a	Low	Thin	DD 584	1903																			1929	Scrapped	Fitted with high running plate and wide cab 1914	26
Newport	n/a	Medium	Thin	DD 586	1903	DD 799	1927									D2 799	1931			D3 658	1934	D3 639	1956	1958	Preserved	In Service with Steamrail Newport; was named Spirit of Ballarat. High running plate and cab fitted when converted to D3 658	55
Newport	n/a	Medium	Wide	DD 588	1903																			1929	Scrapped	Dimboola accident March 1916	26
Newport	n/a	Medium	Wide	DD 590	1904	DD 798	1926									D2 798	1929			D3 661	1934			1958	Scrapped	n/a	54
Newport	n/a	Medium	Wide	DD 592	1904																			1929	Scrapped		25
Newport	n/a	Medium	Wide	DD 594	1904					D1 594	19xx													1934	Scrapped		30
Newport	n/a	Medium	Wide	DD 596	1904					D1 596	1934													1934	Scrapped	Not clear if to D1 or scrapped as DD	30
Newport	n/a	Medium	Wide	DD 598	1904					D1 598	1930													1941	Scrapped	Anderson collision May 1911	37
Newport	n/a	Medium	Wide	DD 600	1904	DD 535	1928			D1 535	19xx													1928	Scrapped		24
Phoenix	350	Medium	Wide	DD 602	1904					D1 602	1929													1937	Scrapped		33
Phoenix	351	Medium	Wide	DD 604	1904					D1 604	19xx													1935	Scrapped		31
Phoenix	352	Medium	Wide	DD 606	1904					D1 606	19xx													1937	Scrapped		33
Phoenix	353	Medium	Wide	DD 608	1904																			1929	Scrapped		25
Phoenix	354	Medium	Wide	DD 610	1904																			1934	Scrapped	Collision 1921 with A2 906	30
Newport	n/a	High	Wide	DD 612	1904																			1929	Scrapped		25
Newport	n/a	High	Wide	DD 614	1904																			1929	Scrapped	Moranding accident October 1907	25
Newport	n/a	High	Wide	DD 616	1904																			1934	Scrapped	Trawalla accident February 1910	30
Newport	n/a	High	Wide	DD 618	1904					D1 618	19xx	D1 501	1940	D1 561	1951									1956	Scrapped		52
Newport	n/a	High	Wide	DD 620	1904					D1 620	1931	D1 581	1941											1941	Scrapped	Wonthaggi collision August 1902, new cylinders fitted	37
Newport	n/a	High	Wide	DD 622	1904																			1929	Scrapped	Drouin collision December 1918	25
Newport	n/a	High	Wide	DD 624	1904																			1929	Scrapped		25
Newport	n/a			DD 626	1905					D1 626	19xx													1934	Scrapped	Anderson collision May 1911	29
Newport	n/a			DD 628	1905					D1 628	19xx													1934	Scrapped		29
Newport	n/a			DD 630	1905	DD 765	1925									D2 765	19xx			D3 646	1936			1964	Preserved	Was displayed at Maryborough, now at VGR Maldon	59
Phoenix	355	Medium	Wide	DD 632	1904					D1 632	19xx													1934	Scrapped		30
Phoenix	356	Medium	Wide	DD 634	1904					D1 634	1931	D1 505	1937											1941	Scrapped	St Arnaud collision May 1921	37
Newport	n/a			DD 636	1905					D1 636	1929													1934	Scrapped		29
Newport	n/a			DD 638	1905					D1 638	1929					D2 722	1934	D2 590	1951					1955	Scrapped		50
Newport	n/a			DD 640	1905					D1 640	1929	D1 509	1936			D2 735	1937							1944	Scrapped		39
Newport	n/a			DD 642	1905					D1 642	19xx													1938	Scrapped		33
Newport	n/a			DD 644	1905	DD 766	1926									D2 766	1929	D2 599	1951					1959	Scrapped		54
Newport	n/a			DD 646	1905					D1 646	1931	D1 519	1934											1941	Scrapped		36
Newport	n/a			DD 648	1905					D1 648	19xx	D1 599	1933											1937	Scrapped		32
Newport	n/a			DD 650	1906					D1 650	19xx													1933	Scrapped		27
Newport	n/a			DD 652	1906					D1 652	1930	D1 590	1938											1941	Scrapped	1938 TBC	35
Newport	n/a			DD 654	1906					D1 654	19xx	D1 589	1933											1934	Scrapped	St Arnaud collision May 1921	28
Newport	n/a			DD 656	1906																			1929	Scrapped		23
Newport	n/a			DD 658	1906																			1929	Scrapped		23
Newport	n/a			DD 660	1906					D1 660	19xx	D1 595	1934											1934	Scrapped		28
Newport	n/a			DD 662	1906					D1 662	19xx	D1 592	1933											1941	Scrapped		35
Newport	n/a			DD 664	1906	DD 768	1926									D2 768	1931			D3 648	1935			1957	Scrapped		51
Newport	n/a			DD 666	1907																			1929	Scrapped	Scrap date TBC	22
Newport	n/a			DD 668	1907	DD 769	1925									D2 769	1929			D3 613	1944			1966	Scrapped		59
Newport	n/a			DD 670	1907					D1 670	1929	D1 560	1932											1955	Scrapped		48
Newport	n/a			DD 672	1907																			1929	Scrapped		22
Newport	n/a			DD 674	1907	DD 770	1926									D2 770	1929			D3 644	1935			1962	Scrapped		55
Newport	n/a			DD 676	1907	DD 771	1925									D2 771	1930			D3 660	1934			1952	Scrapped		45
Newport	n/a			DD 678	1907	DD 773	1925									D2 773	1932			D3 652	1935			1957	Scrapped		50
Newport	n/a			DD 680	1907	DD 785	1925									D2 785	19xx							1933	Scrapped		26
Newport	n/a			DD 682	1907	DD 791	1926									D2 791	19xx			D3 643	1936			1958	Scrapped		51
Newport	n/a			DD 684	1907	DD 792	1926									D2 792	19xx			D3 663	1934			1959	Scrapped	1926 TBC	52
Newport	n/a			DD 686	1908	DD 774	1925									D2 774	19xx			D3 655	1935			1961	Scrapped		53
Newport	n/a			DD 688	1908	DD 775	1924									D2 775	1930			D3 651	1935			1962	Scrapped		54
Newport	n/a			DD 690	1908	DD 797	1925									D2 797	19xx			D3 653	1935			1964	Preserved	On display at Ballarat North Workshops. Source document says converted to D2 1926 but that can't be right.	56
Newport	n/a			DD 692	1908	DD 668	1931			D1 668	1929	D1 540	1931											1944	Scrapped		36
Newport	n/a			DD 694	1908	DD 674	1926			D1 674	1929	D1 586	1932											1944	Scrapped		36
Newport	n/a			DD 696	1908	DD 676	1925			D1 513	1930					D2 725	1934	D2 592	1951					1954	Scrapped		46
Newport	n/a			DD 698	1908	DD 677	1925			D1 677	1929	D1 517	1931											1938	Scrapped		30
Newport	n/a			DD 700	1908	DD 678	1925																	1929	Scrapped		21
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5535			DD 531	1912	DD 557	1925			D1 557	1929													1937	Scrapped		25
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5536			DD 533	1912	DD 558	1925			D1 558	1931									D3 604	1947	D3 606	1951	1960	Scrapped		48
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5537			DD 535	1912	DD 562	1925			D1 562	19xx													1937	Scrapped		25
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5538			DD 537	1912	DD 564	1925			D1 564	19xx													1941	Scrapped		29
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5539			DD 539	1912	DD 566	1925			D1 566	19xx													1936	Scrapped		24
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5540			DD 541	1912	DD 568	19xx			D1 568	1924					D2 730	1937	D2 594	19xx					1953	Scrapped		41
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5541			DD 543	1912	DD 570	1925			D1 570	19xx													1933	Scrapped		21
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5542			DD 545	1912	DD 572	1925			D1 572	1933													1951	Scrapped		39
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5543			DD 547	1912	DD 574	1925			D1 574	1929					D2 732	1937	D2 595	1951					1960	Scrapped		48
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5544			DD 549	1912	DD 576	1925			D1 576	19xx													1937	Scrapped		25
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5545			DD 551	1912	DD 577	1926			D1 577	19xx													1937	Scrapped		25
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5546			DD 553	1912	DD 578	1925			D1 578	19xx													1960	Scrapped		48
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5547			DD 555	1912	DD 761	1925																	1929	Scrapped		17
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5548			DD 557	1912	DD 580	1925	DD 795	1925							D2 795	1929	D2 604	1951					1956	Sold, now Preserved	To Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd. as a shunter for the Maryvale paper mill.[18] Now on display at ARHS Newport Museum	44
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5549			DD 559	1912					D1 559	1929													1935	Scrapped		23
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5550			DD 561	1912					D1 561	1931													1935	Scrapped		23
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5551			DD 563	1912					D1 563	1929					D2 728	1934	D2 593	1951					1958	Scrapped		46
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5552			DD 565	1912					D1 565	19xx									D3 683	1930			1963	Scrapped		51
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5553			DD 567	1912					D1 567	19xx													1941	Scrapped		29
Beyer, Peacock & Co.	5554			DD 569	1912					D1 569	1929													1934	Scrapped		22
Baldwin				DD 571	1912					D1 571	1929													1953	Scrapped		41
Baldwin				DD 573	1912					D1 573	1931													1937	Scrapped		25
Baldwin				DD 575	1912					D1 575	1929													1954	Scrapped		42
Baldwin				DD 577	1912	DD 762	1926									D2 762	1929			D3 697	1932			1954	Scrapped		42
Baldwin				DD 579	1912					D1 579	19xx													1952	Scrapped		40
Baldwin				DD 581	1912					D1 581	19xx									D3 632	1939			1958	Scrapped		46
Baldwin				DD 583	1912					D1 583	1929													1934	Scrapped		22
Baldwin				DD 585	1912					D1 585	1929									D3 631	1940			1956	Scrapped		44
Baldwin				DD 587	1912					D1 587	19xx					D2 702	1934	D2 581	1951					1952	Scrapped		40
Baldwin				DD 589	1912																			1929	Scrapped		17
Baldwin				DD 591	1912					D1 591	1929													1941	Scrapped		29
Baldwin				DD 593	1912					D1 593	1929			D1 574	1951									1956	Scrapped		44
Baldwin				DD 595	1912					D1 595	1929													1933	Scrapped		21
Baldwin				DD 597	1912					D1 597	1930									D3 635	1939			1964	Preserved	On display at ARHS Newport Museum	52
Baldwin				DD 599	1912	DD 763	1926									D2 763	1929							1933	Scrapped	1929 TBC	21
Baldwin				DD 601	1912					D1 601	1929													1951	Scrapped		39
Baldwin				DD 603	1912					D1 603	19xx					D2 721	1934			D3 625	1940			1957	Scrapped		45
Baldwin				DD 605	1912	DD 764	1925																	1929	Scrapped		17
Baldwin				DD 607	1912																			1935	Scrapped	Scrap date TBC	23
Baldwin				DD 609	1912											D2 717	1928			D3 607	1946			1954	Scrapped		42
Newport	n/a			DD 611	1912																			1933	Scrapped		21
Newport	n/a			DD 613	1912					D1 613	19xx	D1 543	1944	D1 569	1951									1956	Scrapped		44
Newport	n/a			DD 615	1912											D2 615	1934	D2 701	19xx	D3 608	1946			1963	Preserved	Was displayed at Stawell, now at Steamrail Ballarat	51
Newport	n/a			DD 617	1912					D1 617	1932	D1 502	1940											1943	Scrapped		31
Newport	n/a			DD 619	1912					D1 619	19xx													1937	Scrapped		25
Newport	n/a			DD 621	1912					D1 621	19xx	D1 585	1940											1952	Scrapped		40
Newport	n/a			DD 623	1912					D1 623	19xx													1935	Scrapped		23
Newport	n/a			DD 625	1912					D1 625	1930													1937	Scrapped		25
Newport	n/a			DD 627	1912	DD 718	1928									D2 718	1931	D2 589	1951					1955	Scrapped		43
Newport	n/a			DD 629	1912					D1 629	1929	D1 501	1938			D2	1939			D3 633	1939			1958	Scrapped		46
Newport	n/a			DD 631	1912																			1929	Scrapped		17
Newport	n/a			DD 633	1912					D1 633	19xx									D3 688	1930	D3 640	1964	1964	Preserved	Was displayed at Rosebud, now at Steamrail Ballarat via West Coast Railway	52
Newport	n/a			DD 635	1912					D1 635	1929													1934	Scrapped		22
Newport	n/a			DD 637	1912					D1 637	1931					D2 710	1934			D3 628	1940			1954	Scrapped		42
Newport	n/a			DD 639	1912	DD 787	1925									D2 787	1929	D2 601	1951					1954	Scrapped		42
Newport	n/a			DD 641	1912					D1 641	1932	D1 505	1933											1936	Scrapped		24
Newport	n/a			DD 643	1912					D1 643	19xx	D1 515	1934											1936	Scrapped		24
Newport	n/a			DD 645	1912					D1 645	19xx	D1 565	1931											1937	Scrapped		25
Newport	n/a			DD 647	1912					D1 647	19xx									D3 686	1930			1964	Scrapped		52
Newport	n/a			DD 649	1912	DD 767	194									D2 767	1931							1952	Scrapped		40
Walkers	197			DD 651	1913					D1 651	1929	D1 584	1932											1941	Scrapped		28
Walkers	198			DD 653	1913					D1 653	19xx					D2 719	1934			D3 615	1944			1960	Scrapped		47
Walkers	199			DD 655	1913					D1 655	1932	D1 547	1934											1941	Scrapped		28
Walkers	200			DD 657	1913					D1 657	19xx													1934	Scrapped		21
Walkers	201			DD 659	1913															D3 684	1930			1964	Preserved		51
Walkers	202			DD 661	1913					D1 661	1929													1933	Scrapped		20
Walkers	203			DD 663	1913					D1 663	19xx	D1 588	1932											1941	Scrapped		28
Walkers	204			DD 665	1913					D1 665	1931													1941	Scrapped		28
Walkers	205			DD 667	1913	DD 784	1925									D2 784	19xx			D3 636	1941			1960	Scrapped		47
Walkers	206			DD 669	1913	DD 548	1932			D1 548	19xx													1941	Scrapped		28
Walkers	207			DD 671	1913					D1 671	1929	D1 566	19xx							D3 682	1930			1964	Scrapped		51
Walkers	208			DD 673	1913	DD 549	1932			D1 549	19xx													1941	Scrapped		28
Walkers	209			DD 675	1913	DD 786	1925									D2 786	1932			D3 623	1940			1962	Scrapped		49
Walkers	210			DD 677	1913	DD 772	1925									D2 772	19xx			D3 618	1942			1960	Scrapped		47
Walkers	211			DD 679	1913	DD 519	19xx																	1933	Scrapped		20
Walkers	212			DD 681	1913	DD 719	1928									D2 719	1933							1933	Scrapped		20
Walkers	213			DD 683	1913			DD 505	1929	D1 505	1930													1933	Scrapped		20
Walkers	214			DD 685	1913	DD 542	19xx			D1 542	19xx													1936	Scrapped		23
Walkers	215			DD 687	1913	DD 644	1929			D1 644	1929	D1 580	1932											1941	Scrapped		28
Walkers	216			DD 689	1913	DD 649	1925			D1 649	19xx					D2 720	1934							1952	Scrapped		39
Newport	n/a			DD 873	1914	DD 500	1923			D1 500	19xx													1952	Scrapped		38
Newport	n/a			DD 874	1914	DD 501	1925			D1 501	1930					D2 724	1937			D3 659	1934			1972	Scrapped		58
Newport	n/a			DD 875	1914	DD 502	1925													D3 634	1939			1956	Scrapped		42
Newport	n/a			DD 876	1914	DD 503	1923	DD 776	1925							D2 776	1929			D3 619	1941			1964	Preserved	Was displayed at Bendigo North, now at Maldon VGR via Great Northern	50
Newport	n/a			DD 877	1914	DD 504	1923			D1 504	1929													1943	Scrapped		29
Newport	n/a			DD 878	1914			DD 503	1926	D1 503	1926													1944	Scrapped		30
Newport	n/a			DD 879	1914	DD 506	1924			D1 506	1929													1941	Scrapped		27
Newport	n/a			DD 880	1914	DD 507	1923	DD 793	1926							D2 793	1929			D3 617	1944			1954	Scrapped		40
Newport	n/a			DD 881	1914	DD 508	1923	DD 777	1925							D2 777	1929							1933	Scrapped		19
Newport	n/a			DD 882	1914	DD 509	1924	DD 720	1925							D2 720	19xx			D3 668	1933			1953	Scrapped		39
Newport	n/a			DD 883	1914	DD 505	1925									D2 712	1928			D3 627	1940			1954	Scrapped		40
Newport	n/a			DD 884	1914	DD 511	1923			D1 510	1931													1936	Scrapped		22
Newport	n/a			DD 885	1914			DD 508	1925	D1 508	1931													1936	Scrapped		22
Newport	n/a			DD 886	1914	DD 513	1923									D2 713	1929							1952	Scrapped	1929 in lieu of 1928?	38
Newport	n/a			DD 887	1914			DD 509	1925							D2 726	1934			D3 629	1940			1964	Scrapped		50
Newport	n/a			DD 888	1914	DD 515	1923																	1933	Scrapped		19
Newport	n/a			DD 889	1914	DD 510	1924			D1 510	19xx													1936	Scrapped		22
Newport	n/a			DD 890	1914	DD 517	1924									D2 714	1928			D3 616	1943			1960	Scrapped		46
Newport	n/a			DD 891	1914	DD 778	1925									D2 778	1930			D3 669	1933			1961	Scrapped		47
Newport	n/a			DD 892	1914	DD 519	1923			D1 519	19xx					D2 705	1929							1945	Scrapped		31
Thompsons	01			DD 893	1914	DD 520	1923	DD 779	1925							D2 779	1929			D3 640	1937	D3 688	1964	1964	Preserved	On display at Swan Hill. Was fitted with 688 plates due to that being the last D3 to haul the Swan Hill passenger train; since reverted.	50
Thompsons	02			DD 894	1915	DD 521	1924			D1 521	19xx													1941	Scrapped		26
Thompsons	03			DD 895	1915	DD 780	1924									D2 780	1929			D3 609	1945			1960	Scrapped		45
Thompsons	04			DD 896	1915	DD 512	1925			D1 512	1929					D2 707	1929							1951	Scrapped		36
Thompsons	05			DD 897	1915	DD 524	1923	DD 790	1925							D2 790	19xx	D2 603	1951					1954	Scrapped		39
Thompsons	06			DD 898	1915	DD 514	1925			D1 514	19xx													1941	Scrapped		26
Thompsons	07			DD 899	1915	DD 516	1925			D1 516	1931													1941	Scrapped		26
Thompsons	08			DD 900	1915	DD 781	1925									D2 781	19xx			D3 621	1940			1961	Scrapped		46
Thompsons	09			DD 901	1915	DD 518	1925			D1 518	1930					D2 731	1937			D3 624	1940			1962	Scrapped		47
Thompsons	10			DD 902	1915	DD 529	1924			D1 529	19xx									D3 687	1930			1955	Scrapped		40
Thompsons	11			DD 903	1915			DD 520	1926	D1 520	1931													1941	Scrapped		26
Thompsons	12			DD 904	1915	DD 522	1925	DD 583	19xx	D1 583	19xx					D2 704	19xx							1951	Scrapped	Never ran as D1; may have been renumbered not scrapped 1951?	36
Thompsons	13			DD 905	1915	DD 534	1922			D1 534	19xx			D1 566	1951									1957	Scrapped		42
Thompsons	14			DD 906	1915	DD 523	1925			D1 523	19xx			D1 564	1951									1941	Scrapped		26
Thompsons	15			DD 907	1915	DD 525	1925									D2 700	1930	D2 580	1951					1952	Scrapped		37
Thompsons	16			DD 908	1915	DD 526	1925			D1 526	19xx													1941	Scrapped		26
Thompsons	17			DD 909	1915	DD 782	1924									D2 782	19xx	D2 600	1951					1960	Scrapped		45
Thompsons	18			DD 910	1915	DD 527	1925			D1 527	19xx													1941	Scrapped		26
Thompsons	19			DD 911	1915	DD 546	1923	DD 528	1925															1929	Scrapped		14
Thompsons	20			DD 912	1915	DD 530	1925			D1 530	19xx					D2 761	1930			D3 614	1944			1953	Scrapped	Never ran as D1	38
Newport	n/a			DD 943	1915	DD 783	1924									D2 783	1929			D3 641	1936			1964	Preserved	Was displayed at Beaufort, now at Steamrail Ballarat	49
Newport	n/a			DD 944	1915	DD 552	1924			D1 552	1932													1941	Sold	To Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd. as a shunter for the Maryvale paper mill.[18]	26
Newport	n/a			DD 945	1915	DD 554	1924			D1 554	19xx			D1 572	1951									1952	Scrapped	Never ran as D1 572	37
Newport	n/a			DD 946	1915	DD 556	1923			D1 556	1929													1951	Scrapped		36
Newport	n/a			DD 947	1915	DD 536	1925			D1 536	1929													1945	Scrapped		30
Newport	n/a			DD 948	1915	DD 537	1925	DD 794	1926							D2 794	1929			D3 630	1940			1957	Scrapped		42
Newport	n/a			DD 949	1915	DD 538	1924			D1 538	1931													1941	Scrapped		26
Newport	n/a			DD 950	1915	DD 566	1924	DD 539	1925	D1 539	1930			D1 568	1951									1954	Scrapped		39
Newport	n/a			DD 951	1915	DD 568	1922	DD 540	1924							D2 711	1929	D2 586	1951					1956	Scrapped		41
Newport	n/a			DD 952	1915	DD 570	1924	DD 541	1925	D1 541	19xx													1944	Scrapped		29
Newport	n/a			DD 953	1915	DD 572	1924			D1 542	1924									D3 685	1929			1962	Scrapped		47
Newport	n/a			DD 954	1915	DD 543	1925			D1 543	19xx													1944	Scrapped		29
Newport	n/a			DD 955	1915	DD 544	1925			D1 544	19xx			D1 570	1951									1960	Scrapped		45
Newport	n/a			DD 956	1915	DD 545	1925									D2 736	1937			D3 610	1944			1958	Scrapped		43
Newport	n/a			DD 957	1915	DD 580	1924	DD 789	1926							D2 789	19xx			D3 626	1940			1961	Scrapped		46
Newport	n/a			DD 958	1915	DD 691	1924									D2 706	1929	D2 584	1951					1953	Scrapped		38
Newport	n/a			DD 959	1915	DD 693	1924			D1 522	1931					D2 727	1937			D3 612	1944			1960	Scrapped		45
Newport	n/a			DD 960	1915	DD 695	1923			D1 695	1931					D2 729	1937			D3 611	1944			1962	Scrapped		47
Newport	n/a			DD 961	1915	DD 697	1924			D1 697	1929	D1 529	1931											1941	Scrapped		26
Newport	n/a			DD 962	1915	DD 699	1923	DD 788	1925							D2 788	19xx							1951	Scrapped		36
Thompsons	21			DD 963	1916	DD 701	1922			D1 701	1929	D1 528	19xx											1935	Scrapped		19
Thompsons	22			DD 964	1916	DD 702	1925			D1 702	1929	D1 546	19xx											1936	Scrapped		20
Thompsons	23			DD 965	1916	DD 547	1925			D1 547	19xx													1935	Scrapped		19
Thompsons	24			DD 966	1916	DD 548	1925			D1 703	19xx					D2 703	1930	D2 582	1951					1953	Scrapped	Never ran as D1	37
Thompsons	25			DD 967	1916	DD 549	1925			D1 549	19xx					D2 709	1930							1951	Scrapped	Never ran as D1	35
Thompsons	26			DD 968	1916	DD 550	1925			D1 550	1929					D2 737	1937	D2 598	195x					1955	Scrapped		39
Thompsons	27			DD 969	1916	DD 551	1926			D1 551	1932													1941	Scrapped		25
Thompsons	28			DD 970	1916	DD 708	1923									D2 708	1930			D3 620	1941			1953	Scrapped		37
Thompsons	29			DD 971	1916	DD 709	1923	DD 512	19xx	D1 512	19xx			D1 563	1951									1955	Scrapped		39
Thompsons	30			DD 972	1916	DD 710	1923	DD 535	1929	D1 535	1930			D1 567	1951									1960	Scrapped	May have been relettered D1 in late 1928?	44
Thompsons	31			DD 973	1916	DD 553	1925			D1 553	19xx					D2 733	1937	D2 596	1953					1956	Scrapped		40
Thompsons	32			DD 974	1916	DD 712	1923																	1927	Wrecked		11
Thompsons	33			DD 975	1916	DD 713	1928	DD 507	1929	D1 507	1929			D1 562	1951									1953	Scrapped	1928 in lieu of 1929?	37
Thompsons	34			DD 976	1916	DD 714	1924			D1 714	1928	D1 524	1928	D1 565	1951									1959	Scrapped		43
Thompsons	35			DD 977	1916	DD 715	1923									D2 715	19xx	D2 588	1951					1952	Scrapped		36
Thompsons	36			DD 978	1916	DD 716	1924									D2 716	1931			D3 622	1940			1953	Scrapped		37
Thompsons	37			DD 979	1916	DD 717	1923	DD 531	1928	D1 531	1931													1941	Scrapped		25
Thompsons	38			DD 980	1917	DD 718	1923	DD 600	1925	D1 600	19xx			D1 576	1951									1959	Scrapped		42
Thompsons	39			DD 981	1917	DD 555	1925			D1 555	19xx													1943	Scrapped		26
Thompsons	40			DD 982	1917	DD 689	1925			D1 537	19xx					D2 734	1937	D2 597	195x					1955	Scrapped		38
Newport	n/a			DD 1013	1916	DD 721	1923									D2 721	1929			D3 673	1932			1958	Scrapped		42
Newport	n/a			DD 1014	1916	DD 722	1925									D2 722	19xx			D3 674	1932			1962	Scrapped		46
Newport	n/a			DD 1016	1916	DD 724	1925									D2 724	19xx	D2 591	1951					1962	Scrapped		46
Newport	n/a			DD 1015	1916	DD 723	1923									D2 723	19xx			D3 638	1937			1964	Preserved		48
Newport	n/a			DD 1017	1916	DD 725	1923									D2 725	1929			D3 667	1933			1964	Scrapped		48
Newport	n/a			DD 1018	1917	DD 726	1925													D3 675	1930			1963	Scrapped		46
Newport	n/a			DD 1019	1917	DD 727	1925									D2 727	19xx			D3 647	1935			1962	Scrapped		45
Newport	n/a			DD 1020	1917	DD 728	1924													D3 676	1930			1964	Scrapped		47
Newport	n/a			DD 1021	1917	DD 729	1925													D3 677	1930			1965	Preserved	Was displayed at Ringwood, now at Steamrail Ballarat	48
Newport	n/a			DD 1022	1917	DD 730	1926													D3 694	1931			1956	Scrapped		39
Newport	n/a			DD 1023	1917	DD 731	1925									D2 731	19xx			D3 672	1932			1962	Scrapped		45
Newport	n/a			DD 1024	1917	DD 732	1925									D2 732	1931			D3 671	1933			1965	Preserved	On display at Lismore	48
Newport	n/a			DD 1025	1917	DD 733	1924									D2 733	19xx			D3 650	1935			1952	Scrapped		35
Newport	n/a			DD 1026	1917	DD 734	1925													D3 690	1931			1957	Scrapped		40
Newport	n/a			DD 1027	1917	DD 735	1924									D2 735	1929			D3 698	1932			1961	Scrapped		44
Newport	n/a			DD 1028	1917	DD 736	1924									D2 736	1927			D3 670	1932			1960	Scrapped		43
Newport	n/a			DD 1029	1917	DD 737	1925									D2 737	1929			D3 654	1935			1963	Scrapped		46
Newport	n/a			DD 1030	1917	DD 738	1923																	1929	Scrapped		12
Newport	n/a			DD 1031	1918	DD 739	1924									D2 739	19xx			D3 637	1939			1959	Scrapped		41
Newport	n/a			DD 1032	1919	DD 740	1925									D2 740	19xx			D3 649	1935			1952	Scrapped		33
Bendigo	n/a			DD 1033	1920	DD 741	1925									D2 741	1929			D3 696	1932			1957	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	37
Bendigo	n/a			DD 1034	1920	DD 742	1922									D2 742	19xx			D3 662	1934			1957	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	37
Bendigo	n/a			DD 1035	1920	DD 743	1923									D2 743	1929			D3 695	1932			1953	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	33
Bendigo	n/a			DD 1036	1920	DD 744	1925									D2 744	19xx			D3 642	1936			1957	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	37
Bendigo	n/a			DD 1037	1920	DD 745	1924													D3 680	1930			1962	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	42
Ballarat	n/a			DD 1038	1920	DD 746	1924													D3 678	1930			1960	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	40
Ballarat	n/a			DD 1039	1920	DD 747	1925									D2 747	1929			D3 693	1931			1958	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	38
Ballarat	n/a			DD 1040	1920	DD 748	1925									D2 748	19xx			D3 645	1936			1962	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	42
Ballarat	n/a			DD 1041	1920	DD 749	1923													D3 679	1930			1954	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	34
Ballarat	n/a			DD 1042	1920	DD 750	1924									D2 750	19xx			D3 699	1932			1960	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	40
Newport	n/a			DD 1043	1920	DD 751	1924									D2 751	1929			D3 639	1937	D3 658	1956	1956	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons Never ran as D3 658	36
Newport	n/a			DD 1044	1920	DD 752	1926									D2 752	19xx			D3 692	1931			1960	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	40
Newport	n/a			DD 1045	1920	DD 753	1924									D2 753	1929			D3 666	1933			1964	Preserved	Intended to be built by Thompsons On display at Bayswater	44
Newport	n/a			DD 1046	1920	DD 754	1925									D2 754	19xx			D3 691	1931			1961	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	41
Bendigo	n/a			DD 1047	1920	DD 755	1923									D2 755	1931			D3 664	1934			1957	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	37
Bendigo	n/a			DD 1048	1920	DD 756	1926									D2 756	1929			D3 665	1933			1960	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	40
Bendigo	n/a			DD 1049	1920	DD 757	1923									D2 757	19xx			D3 689	1930			1959	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	39
Ballarat	n/a			DD 1050	1920	DD 758	1925									D2 758	1929			D3 656	1935			1961	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	41
Ballarat	n/a			DD 1051	1920	DD 759	1923													D3 681	1930			1956	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	36
Ballarat	n/a			DD 1052	1920	DD 760	1925																	1929	Scrapped	Intended to be built by Thompsons	9

D^D_E Engines

(${\displaystyle \mathrm {D_{E}^{D}} }$ Engines)

Built	Original ID	Renumbered	As	Recoded D4	Off Register	Notes	Age
1913	723				1924	Scrapped	16
1908	704	1924	255		1926	Sold to the State Electricity Commission of Victoria[14]	18
1908	702				1929	Scrapped	21
1908	708	1923	273		1929	Scrapped	21
1908	712				1922	Convert to DD 761 (1922) then DD 532 (1925) and scrapped 1934	14
1908	710				1922	Convert to DD 763 (1922) then DD 533 (1925) and scrapped 1935	14
1908	706	1925	287	19xx	1944	Scrapped	36
1909	742				1924	Scrapped	15
1909	744				1926	Scrapped	17
1909	732	1925	281		1928	Scrapped	19
1909	736	1923	272	19xx	1944	Scrapped	35
1909	748	1924	276	1929	1944	Scrapped	35
1909	720	1925	282	19xx	1951	Scrapped	42
1909	714	1923	257	1930	1954	Scrapped	45
1909	716	1923	256	1930	1954	Scrapped	45
1909	718	1923	261	19xx	1954	Scrapped	45
1909	734	1925	265	19xx	1956	Scrapped	47
1909	738	192x	263	19xx	1956	Scrapped	47
1909	746	1929	267	19xx	1960	Scrapped	51
1909	750	1923	274	19xx	1961	Scrapped	52
1909	740	1925	285	1932	1962	Scrapped	53
1910	786				1924	Scrapped	14
1910	792				1924	Scrapped	14
1910	772				1925	Scrapped	15
1910	776				1925	Scrapped	15
1910	788				1925	Scrapped	15
1910	778				1926	Scrapped	16
1910	796				1926	Scrapped	16
1910	782	1928	275		1933	Scrapped	23
1910	794	1923	270		1933	Scrapped	23
1910	774	1924	259	19xx	1935	Scrapped	25
1910	784	1925	286	1931	1951	Scrapped	41
1910	780	1924	277	1931	1954	Scrapped	44
1910	790	1923	268	19xx	1961	Preserved, on display at ARHS Newport Museum	51
1911	709	1923	254		1933	Scrapped	22
1911	711	1926	283	1929	1944	Scrapped	33
1911	705	1925	252	19xx	1954	Scrapped	43
1911	701	1922	250	19xx	1955	Scrapped	44
1911	707	1923	253	1929	1955	Scrapped	44
1911	713	1923	258	19xx	1955	Scrapped	44
1911	715	1924	278	1929	1956	Scrapped	45
1911	703	1922	251	19xx	1957	Scrapped	46
1911	717	1923	260	1931	1960	Scrapped	49
1912	719	1925	284	1931	1955	Scrapped	43
1913	721				1924	Scrapped	11
1913	731				1924	Scrapped	11
1913	739				1924	Scrapped	11
1913	747				1924	Scrapped	11
1913	727				1925	Scrapped	12
1913	745				1926	Scrapped	13
1913	749				1926	Scrapped	13
1913	729	1924	269		1933	Scrapped	20
1913	743	1923	266	1929	1935	Scrapped	22
1913	741	1923	264	1931	1953	Scrapped	40
1913	725	1923	262	19xx	1954	Scrapped	41
1913	737	1924	279	19xx	1954	Scrapped	41
1913	735	1924	280	19xx	1956	Scrapped	43
1913	733	1923	271	19xx	1960	Scrapped	47

Demise

Scrapping of D^D class locomotives commenced as early as 1927 when D^D 712 was wrecked, followed by D¹ 535 in 1928. A full 20 engines (including the newest of the fleet, D^D 1052) were scrapped in 1929 as newer K and N class locomotives took over branch line goods services and Petrol Electric Rail Motors started to replace mixed trains and locomotive-hauled branch line passenger services.^[19][20] The unrebuilt saturated steam D¹ class locomotives were the first to go, and by 1951 no fewer than 120 had been scrapped.^[6]

By 1951, the remaining D¹ locomotives were shunters, the D² locomotives providing suburban goods and branch line goods and passenger service, and the D³ performing both branch line and mainline service. However, with the massive postwar upgrading of the VR locomotive fleet as part of 'Operation Phoenix' came the introduction of J class 2-8-0 branch line steam locomotives^[9] and T class (EMD G8) diesel electric locomotives to replace the various remaining D^D locomotives.^[21]

The first D³ locomotive to be scrapped was none other than Commissioner's locomotive D³ 639 in July 1956. However, this locomotive had attained sufficient prestige that its brass fittings and number plates were transferred to another locomotive, D³ 658, which took over its role as Commissioner's locomotive and its identity as "D³ 639".^[6]

Withdrawals and scrappings continued throughout the 1950s and 60s. The last D^D in VR service was the Commissioner's locomotive D³ 639 (formerly D³ 658), which was replaced in this role by a Y class (EMD G6B) diesel electric locomotive, Y 123 from January 1964, then Y175 from August 1968.^[22] However, D³ 639 had since October 1964 taken on a new role providing motive power for the ARHS 'Vintage Train' as the first 'Special Trains Vintage Engine',^[23] and continued in this popular role until deteriorated boiler condition saw it finally withdrawn from service in 1974.

Preservation

Operational

D³ 639 was restored to operating condition in 1984 and was recommissioned into service by Prime Minister Bob Hawke on 17 November 1984.^[23] Since this date, it has continued in service hauling various rail enthusiast special trains. It has also been used in a number of films, and could be seen hauling passenger trains beneath an inoperable overhead catenary in the 2000 remake of the post-apocalyptic film On the Beach.^[24]

From 5 December 1970 the engine was painted red with black undergear and a brass dome,^[25] and by the Austeam '88 festival it had been named "Spirit of Ballarat". As a rebuild of a 1903 D^D locomotive, it made a special long-distance journey to Mildura in 2002 as that line approached its centenary, and celebrated its own 100th anniversary in 2003 with a journey to Swan Hill.^[26] Between 2007 and 2009 the engine operated with its previous number of 658.

In 2014 the engine masqueraded as D^D 893 for the centenary of the Thompsons Foundry in Castlemaine. While most of its fittings were retained for the day, the number, letter and builders plates were swapped for the occasion.^[5] Notably, the first D^D built by Thompsons was in fact preserved, having been converted to D³ 640 in 1937 then renumbered D³ 688 in 1964. It is displayed on a plinth in Swan Hill, and more recently returned to its previous 640 identity.

Static

A single example of each of the D² (604) and D⁴ (268) locomotives were retained for preservation and today are preserved at the Newport Railway Museum, where they are displayed along with D³ 635. Notably, 604 is coupled to a tender consisting of a D² tank on a slightly longer A² frame.

13 other D³ class locomotives remain, either preserved in static display or stored awaiting restoration or as a supply of parts.

No original D¹ class locomotives have survived into preservation.

References

• Dee; et al. (1981). Power Parade. Melbourne: VicRail Public Relations Division. ISBN 0-7241-3323-2.

External links

• Locomotives - Beyer, Peacock & Co p . 43