Victorian Railways C class (diesel)

Victorian Railways C class
C501 at the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre in December 2007
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Clyde Engineering, Rosewater
Model	Electro-Motive Diesel SD40-2
Build date	1977/78
Total produced	10
Specifications
UIC classification	Co-Co
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge, 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Length	20.73 m (68 ft 0 in)
Locomotive weight	135 tonnes (133 long tons; 149 short tons)
Fuel type	Diesel
Fuel capacity	10,130 L (2,230 imp gal; 2,680 US gal)
Prime mover	Electro-Motive Diesel 16-645-E3
Engine type	V16 diesel engine
Aspiration	Turbocharged
Alternator	Electro-Motive Diesel AR-10 alternator
Traction motors	D77/78 DC, 6 of
Cylinders	16
Cylinder size	(? x ?)
Performance figures
Maximum speed	133 km/h (83 mph)
Power output	2,237 kW (3,000 hp)
Career
Operator(s)	Victorian Railways
Number in class	10
Number(s)	C501-C510
First run	14 May 1977
Preserved	C501
Current owner	Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia Greentrains
Disposition	9 in service, 1 preserved

The C Class are a class of diesel locomotive built by Clyde Engineering, Rosewater for the Victorian Railways in 1977/78.

History

Silverton Rail Cs1 in July 1998

Southern Shorthaul Railroad C503 on Kooragang Island in January 2011

The C class were purchased by the Victorian Railways for heavy freight haulage. They are fitted with safety cabs. Initially the first four were placed on the North East standard gauge line to haul services from Melbourne to Albury while the latter six were put on the broad gauge to haul services to Serviceton. Following upgrades to the infrastructure they were also able to operate on the Ballarat to Geelong line and from January 1982 through to Adelaide with the standard gauge units transferred to the broad gauge.^[1]

In September 1988 two were transferred back to the standard gauge and began to operate services through to Sydney.^[2]^[3]

Following the Melbourne-Adelaide railway being closed for gauge conversion, all remaining broad gauge units were converted to standard gauge and operated services from Melbourne to Parkes until the converted line reopened in July 1995. All were transferred by V/Line to National Rail in June 1995.^[4]

Following the delivery of National Rail's NR class locomotives, the C class were put into storage at Junee Locomotive Depot in 1997 before being moved to Islington Railway Workshops, Adelaide.^[5]^[6] Unlike the other locomotives National Rail initially used, ownership of the C class passed to National Rail.^[7] In August 1999 two were repainted in National Rail livery and returned to service as Melbourne shunters.^[8]

The class was then sold with one going to Seymour Railway Heritage Centre and the other nine to Allco Rail with two leased to Pacific National and seven to Silverton Rail as the Cs class.^[4]

Following the collapse of Allco Finance they were sold to Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia and Greentrains and resumed their original identities.^[9]^[10]

Locomotives

Locomotive	Name	Entered service	Owner	Operator	Livery	Status
C501	George Brown	14 May 1977	Seymour Railway Heritage Centre	Qube Logistics	VR Blue & gold	Preserved - Operational
C502		22 June 1977	Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia	Qube Logistics	CFCLA Blue & yellow	Operational
C503		19 July 1977	Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia	Southern Shorthaul Railroad	SSR yellow & black	Operational
C504		18 August 1977	Greentrains	Qube Logistics	Blue & yellow	Operational
C505		13 September 1977	Greentrains	Sydney Rail Services	Blue & yellow	Operational
C506		6 October 1977	Greentrains	Sydney Rail Services	Greentrains Green & yellow	Operational
C507		4 November 1977	Greentrains	Qube Logistics	Blue & yellow	Operational
C508		16 December 1977	Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia	Qube Logistics	CFCLA Blue & yellow	Operational
C509		10 March 1978	Greentrains	Sydney Rail Services	Greentrains Green & yellow	Operational
C510		11 July 1978	Greentrains	Sydney Rail Services	Greentrains Green & yellow	Operational

References

↑ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850s - 1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. p. 288. ISBN 0-730100-05-7.
↑ "C Class" Railway Digest October 1988 page 378
↑ "C Class" Railway Digest November 1988 page 406
↑ 4.0 4.1 C Class diesel electric locomotives Mark Bau's VR website
↑ Antony Fitzgerald (April 2000). "The Dash 9 in Australia: National Rail's NR class". Australian Model Railway Magazine: page 27.
↑ Railway Digest October 1998 page 41
↑ "One Nation - A retrospective and perspective" Railway Digest August 1997 page 21
↑ Railway Digest October 1999 page 4
↑ C Class (C501 - C510) Railpage
↑ C Class Vicsig

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Locomotives and rolling stock of the Victorian Railways, predecessors and successors

Melbourne & Hobsons Bay Railway Company	First Engine (1854) 2-4-0WT (1854) 0-4-0WT (1857) 2-4-0WT (1858), later N Class

Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company	2-2-2WT (1855) 2-4-0T (1855) 0-6-0WT (1855) 0-6-0T Ariel (1855)

Melbourne & Suburban Railway Company	2-4-0T (1860)

Melbourne Railway Company	2-4-0T (1863)

Melbourne & Essendon Railway Company	2-4-0T (1858)

Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Company	2-4-0T (1866) 4-4-0WT (1871), later C Class 0-4-0WT Pier Donkey (1876)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, F.C. Christy period (1858-1870)	No.1 2-2-2 'Old' V class (1859) 0-6-0 P class 0-6-0 J class 2-2-2, later 2-4-0 L class 2-4-0ST B class 2-4-0 O class 0-6-0

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, W. Meikle period (1871-1877)	C Class 4-4-0WT No.100 2-4-0 Q class 0-6-0 U class 0-6-0 T class 0-6-0 F class 2-4-0, later 2-4-2T K class 2-4-0 Pier locomotives 0-4-0WT G class 4-4-0 H class 4-4-0 No.162 & No.164 4-4-0

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, S. Mirls period (1878-1890)	W & S class 4-6-0) G&MRC engines 19, 21, 34-44 evens only N class 2-4-0WT M class 4-4-0T, later ME class 4-4-2T 'Old' R class 0-6-0 'Belgian' R class 0-6-0 'Old' A class 4-4-0 X class 0-6-0 Motor Cars - Rowan 0-4-0T, Z 0-6-0T, C 4-4-0WT, H/J/N/Z 2-4-0T, F 2-4-2T Crane locomotives D class 4-4-0 Y class 0-6-0 'New' A class 4-4-0 'New' R class 0-6-0 E class 2-4-2T, later E^E 0-6-2T

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, T.H. Woodroffe period (1893-1912)	A^A class 4-4-0 V class 2-8-0 Dd class 4-6-0, Dde 4-6-2 A2 class 4-6-0

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, W.M. Shannon period (1912-1919)	C class 2-8-0

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, A.E. Smith period (1919-1928)	K class 2-8-0 N class 2-8-2 S class 4-6-2

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, N.C. Harris period (1928-1933)	X class 2-8-2

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, A.C. Ahlston period (1933-1955)	H class 4-8-4 R class 4-6-4 J class 2-8-0

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