The D class of 1876 was the first example of American-built locomotives to be used on Victorian Railways, and among the first such engines to operate in Australia.
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Victorian Railways D class "Rodgers" |
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Specifications |
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Configuration:
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• Whyte | 4-4-0 |
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Gauge | 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) |
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Leading dia. | 26 in (0.660 m) |
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Driver dia. | 5 ft (1.524 m) |
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Wheelbase | 40 ft 1.5 in (12.230 m)[1] |
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Axle load | 10 long tons 15 cwt (24,100 lb or 10.9 t)[1] |
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Loco weight | 33 long tons 6 cwt (74,600 lb or 33.8 t)[1] |
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Tender weight | 24 long tons 1 cwt (53,900 lb or 24.4 t)[1] |
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Total weight | 57 long tons 7 cwt (128,500 lb or 58.3 t)[1] |
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Fuel type | Coal |
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Fuel capacity | 70 long cwt (7,800 lb or 3,600 kg)[1] |
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Water cap. | 2,031 imp gal (9,230 L; 2,439 US gal)[1] |
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Heating surface: | |
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• Firebox | 88.52 sq ft (8.224 m2)[1] |
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• Tubes | 879.52 sq ft (81.710 m2)[1] |
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• Total surface | 968 sq ft (90 m2)[1] |
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Cylinders | 2, outside |
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Cylinder size | 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)[1] |
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Valve gear | Stephenson |
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Career |
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Operators | Victorian Railways |
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Number in class | 2 |
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Numbers | 162, 164 |
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Official name | Neil, Neil's Sister |
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First run | 7 August 1877 |
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Disposition | Both scrapped |
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Both examples were scrapped.[2][3]
- Dee; et al. (1981). Power Parade. Melbourne: VicRail Public Relations Division. p. 12. ISBN 0-7241-3323-2.
- Cave, N.; Buckland, J.; Beardsell, D. (2002). Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways - Volume 1 The First Fifty Years. Melbourne: ARHS. pp. 78–82. ISBN 1876677384.
Specific
Cave, N.; Buckland, J.; Beardsell, D. (2002). Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways - Volume 1 The First Fifty Years. Melbourne: ARHS. p. 82. ISBN 1876677384.
Fletcher. (2021). . Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc.
Fletcher, David (2021). Australia's Colourful American Locomotives: Their Art & Architecture 1876–1920. Light Railway Research Society of Australia. ISBN 978-0-909340-57-5.