Original: 16 in × 24 in (406 mm × 610 mm) Rebuilt: 17.5 in × 24 in (444 mm × 610 mm)
Valve gear
Stephenson
Performance figures
Tractive effort
Original: 8,875 lbf (39.48 kN) at 100lbs press MEP Rebuilt: 11,433 lbf (50.86 kN) at 80% WP MEP
Career
First run
1862
Last run
1917
Disposition
All scrapped
The mainline passenger locomotives, later classified as B class, ran on the Victorian Railways (VR) between 1862 and 1917. They used a 2-4-0 wheel arrangement, which provided greater traction on the new, more heavily graded Geelong–Ballarat railway and the Melbourne-Bendigo-Echuca railway, as opposed to the 2-2-2 arrangement previously selected for the relatively level Geelong line. The B class locomotives are regarded as the first mainline VR motive power, and were highly successful in passenger operations.[1]
^Oberg, Leon (2007). Locomotives of Australia 1854–2007. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-877058-54-7.
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