Victorian Railways Q class

Victorian Railways Q Class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderPhoenix Foundry
Serial number83-101 (Odd only)
Total produced10
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-6-0
Gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Career
OperatorsVictorian Railways
NicknamesGreenbacks
DispositionNine scrapped, one sold to Altona Bay Coal Company
Q class locomotive

Victorian Railways' Q class was a class of steam locomotives built for the Wodonga line.[1]

The first locomotives came from Phoenix Foundry. They were a class of 10 0-6-0 tender engines built in 1873-74. They were numbered 83-101 (odd numbers only). They were classed Q in 1886. They were taken off register between 1905 and 1908. None were preserved.

External links

  • Q class drawing[dead link]

References

  1. ^ "VICSIG". vicsig.net. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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