Victorian Railways W class

El Zorro locomotives W241 and W244 on works trains in Melbourne

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-hydraulic
Builder	Tulloch Limited, Rhodes, New South Wales^[1]

Specifications
Gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Length	9.34 m (30 ft 8 in)
Loco weight	49 t (48 long tons; 54 short tons)
Prime mover	Detroit Diesel 12V-149

Performance figures
Maximum speed	32 km/h (20 mph)
Power output	360 kW (480 hp)

Career
Number in class	27
First run	1959

The W class are a diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive ordered and operated by the Victorian Railways of Australia. In 2006 locomotive W241 was used to haul the 4D train to the scrapyard,^[2] with W241 and W244 also operated in revenue service by El Zorro on works trains.^[3]

Locomotives

Locomotive	Named	In Service	Current/Last Owner	Status
W241	Peter Steward	December 1959	Mornington Railway, delivered 20 September 2015	Preserved - Operational
W242		January 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W243		February 1960	ARHS Victorian Division	Preserved - Static
W244		3 March 1960	707 Operations	Stored
W245		3 March 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W246		4 April 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W247		5 May 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W248		5 May 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W249		5 May 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W250		6 June 1960	Yarra Valley Tourist Railway	Preserved - Operational
W251		6 June 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W252		7 July 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W253		7 July 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W254		7 July 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W255		8 August 1960	ARHS Victorian Division	Preserved - Static
W256		8 August 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W257		8 August 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W258		9 September 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W259		9 September 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W260		10 October 1960	RLG	Scrapped, Seymour
W261		October 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W262		November 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W263		November 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W264		December 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W265		December 1960	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W266		7 July 1961	Victorian Railways	Scrapped
W267		December 1961	Victorian Railways	Scrapped

References

Vicrailways - W class

↑ W class diesel at victorianrailways.net
↑ "Wongm's Rail Gallery - 4Ds last run". wongm.railgeelong.com. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
↑ "Addenda". V/Line ~ Network Access ~ Information Pack. www.vline.com.au. 13 October 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

External links

victorianrailways.net - W class diesel hydraulic locomotives

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

Melbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway Company

Pile Driver Engine (1854)
First Engine - 2-2-2WT (1854)
2-4-0WT (1854)
Pier Donkey No.5 - 0-4-0WT (1857)
2-4-0WT (1858), later N Class

Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company

Ariel - 0-4-0T (1855)
Titania, Oberon, Typhoon & Sirocco - 2-2-2WT (1855)
Hurricane & Cyclone - 2-4-0WT (1857)
Goliath, Hercules, Smason & Tubal-Cain - 0-6-0WT (1855)

Melbourne & Suburban Railway Company

Hawthorn & Richmond - 2-4-0T (1860)
Kew & #1378 - 2-4-0WT (1861)

Melbourne Railway Company

Windsor & Prahran - 2-4-0WT (1863)

Melbourne & Essendon Railway Company

Essendon (#458), #459 & #488 2-4-0T (1861)

Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Company

Toorak, Victoria, No.16 & No.19 - 2-4-0T (1865)
4-4-0WT (1871), later C Class
Pier Donkey No.24 - 0-4-0WT (1875)

Deniliquin & Moama Railway Company

T class 0-6-0 (1874)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives

No.1 2-2-2, later 2-4-0 (1857)
No.19
No.21
No.34-44 evens only
No.100 2-4-0 (1872)
No.103 0-6-0 (1873)
No.105 0-6-0 (1873)
No.162 4-4-0 (1877)
No.164 4-4-0 (1877)

'Old' A 4-4-0 (1884)
'New' A 4-4-0 (1889)
A^A 4-4-0 (1889)
A² 4-6-0 (1907)
B 2-4-0 (1861)
C 4-4-0WT (1886)
C 2-8-0 (1918)
D 4-4-0 (1887)
D^D, D¹, D² & D³ 4-6-0 (1902)
$\mathrm {D_{E}^{D}}$ / D⁴ 4-6-2T (1908)
E 2-4-2T (1889) & E^E 0-6-2T (1893)
F 2-4-0 (1874), later 2-4-2T (1910)
G 4-4-0 (1877)
H 4-4-0 (1877)
H 4-8-4 (1941)
J 2-2-2, later 2-4-0 (1859)
J 2-8-0 (1954)
K 2-4-0 (1874)
K 2-8-0 (1922)
L 2-4-0ST (1861)
M 4-4-0T (1879)
M^E 4-4-2T (1901)
N 2-4-0WT (1886)
N 2-8-2 (1925)
O 0-6-0 (1861)
P 0-6-0 (1859)
Pier 0-4-0WT (1880)
Q 0-6-0 (1873)
'Belgian' R 0-6-0 (1883)
'Old' R 0-6-0 (1879)
'New' R & R^Y 0-6-0 (1889)
R 4-6-4 (1951)
S 4-6-0 (1880)
S 4-6-2 (1928)
T 0-6-0 (1874)
U 0-6-0 (1873)
'Old' V 0-6-0 (1857)
V 2-8-0 (1899)
W 4-6-0 (1880)
X 0-6-0 (1886)
X 2-8-2 (1929)
Y 0-6-0 (1888)
Z 2-4-0T & 0-6-0T (1893)

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Joint and shared stock (SAR)	D E O/J O K Pullmans
Joint and shared stock (NSW timber)	1VBW 1-9VFW 1VHE
Joint and shared stock (NSW steel)	Aurora RUB sets VBK/VFK/1VAM VFR/S/X, VRS, VAC, VHN BP98

Goods vehicles by type

Goods vehicles by traffic

Bitumen	OT, TW & TWF VTBA/F/X/Y
Cement Powder	BLF121-144 CJ, CJF & VHCA JX, VPAX, VPBX & VPCX OJ229 X/J JCF/X & VHCX/Y KCC
Fertiliser	FH JPF & VHFF/X/Y MS VOFX/BODX
Flour, Grain & Rice	Flour: FX/FJ, FX/VPFX Grain: G, GY & GZ, G1, GH, GJX/F & VHGF/X/Y, VHAF, VHLY, VHKY & VHNY, VHHF/X/Y Rice: VHBF, VHRF/X, VQRF
Livestock	Mixed: ^NMM/NM & ^NQR/NQ Cattle: M, MB, MM & MF/VSBY Horses: F, FF, FH, F^F, F^FF & FP/VSPY, DF^DF Pigs & Sheep: L/LB, LL/F/P & VSAY
Mail & Parcels	E, DMS, ZDS EEB/D, EES/DS, ESBV/BDSE/BCE BB, BP D, DN, D^H & D^T 17O / 3EES / 3DS BE^BE/BE/BDS D^DMS/CDS 1D 1DS V/VF/VLBY/F & VP/VLPY VLNX
Minerals & Rocks	Briquettes: I14946, VHEY, JBF & VHBY Black Coal: J, KB, O, OO Brown Coal: IC Dolomite: JDF/X & VHDX/Y, VHJX Gypsum: VHJA, VOJX/VOJF Limestone: VHLA, VPLX Rutile: VHRX Soda Ash: JAF & VHAF/Y Sand: OC, JSF/X & VHSF/Y Stone: JQF & VHQF/Y
Oil & Petroleum	Safety Wagons: VDSF, VKKF Alcohol: Unclassed Ammonia: Unclassed Coal Fuel: CFT Gas: QGF/VQEY/F/X Kerosene: OT L.P.G.: VTGX/Y Liquid Chlorine: OT Hydrocarbon: TW & TWF, VTHA/X/Y Pintsch Gas Refuse: OT Tar: OT White Spirits: VTQA/F/X/Y/Z
Perishables	BLF120 T/TH TT T, TP/VRPY ^NTT/NT
Personal vehicles	AA/AF/AX, VMAP/X/Y ALF/P/X, MLX, VMBP/X/Y, VMPY, RMBX BFW/VBCW MBY/MBK G/GH, KF/KW
Steel	Electrical Equipment: QB, QS, VFGA, VFHA, VFHF Cables: SX/SCX/VFFX, SE/SEF Slab Steel: VKOX, VKEX, VKKX, VOEX Coiled Steel: CSX/VFSX/VCSX, SLX, VOSX/VOVX/VCVX
Timber	Logs: VFHX, VFTX (ex VLEX), VFTY/F/X Masonite: KM Scantling: KS, IS, IT Pineboard: FPX/VFMX Pulpwood: KPW, KT Woodchips: KW
Other	Corpses: C/J Experimental: VQPW Explosives: P, ^NPH Paper: VFNX

Guard's Vans

Exclusive Guard's Vans	^ND^D/NC D/Z, DH/ZH, ZZ, ZL, ZP, ZD, ZB D^D/C CA/VVAP CE CO CP/VVCP CV CW MHN ZF/ZJF/P/ZLP/VVBP ZF/VVDY/VZDY/ZVDY ZMF/VVEY
Partial Guard's Vans	AD/XZ, BD/YZ, ABD/XYZ ^NBD^BD / NBC NBHC AC^P/BC^P AD^AD/AC, ABD^ABD/ABC, BD^BD/BC BCE BCPL ACN BCH ACZ/BCZ
Power Vans	BP98 D^T319 PCO/J PCP PH451-454 PHN VZDY/BZDY

Departmental stock

Ballast	ON J VHMF/Y, VZMF, C/GHMY & CHOY NN & VHWA/VZMA QN & VHNA/VZNA VZWA
Locomotive P.B.C.	CK
Locomotive Sand	HD VZLX
Sleeper trains	KMQ with VWS frames VOFY
Weighbridge Test	WTT VHCF
Equipment	QN31 cement mixer OH overhead wiring train
Water	WT DW Former locomotive tenders
Workshops & Depot use	HD (way & works branch) HR (rolling stock branch)
Workmen vehicles	Kitchens: WK/WM Showers: WS Sleepers: W, WW, WWW & WS
Other	Rail tractors Crane locomotives Miscellaneous Special loads

2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Narrow gauge locomotives and stock

Named or significant trains

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Victorian Railways W class

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