Victorian Railways D class (1876)

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0
• UIC	2'Bh2
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Leading dia.	26 in (0.660 m)
Driver dia.	5 ft (1.524 m)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	17 in × 22 in (432 mm × 559 mm)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Rogers Locomotive Works, New Jersey, USA
Serial number	2448, 2450
Build date	1876
Total produced	2

Victorian Railways D Class
Victorian Railways D Class
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Rogers Locomotive Works, New Jersey, USA
Serial number	2448, 2450
Build date	1876
Total produced	2
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-4-0
• UIC	2'Bh2
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Leading dia.	26 in (0.660 m)
Driver dia.	5 ft (1.524 m)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	17 in × 22 in (432 mm × 559 mm)
Operators
Career
Operators	Victorian Railways
Number in class	2
Numbers	162, 164
Official name	Neil, Neil's Sister
First run	August 7, 1877
Disposition	Both scrapped

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.

Both examples were scrapped.[1][2]

References

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.

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[1] Fletcher. (2021). . Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc.

[powerparade-2] 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.