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Victorian Railways D class Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Phoenix Foundry Serial number 200-219 Build date 1887-1888 Total produced 20
Specifications Configuration: • Whyte 4-4-0 Gauge 5 ft 3 in 1,600 mm )Leading dia. 3 ft 6 in (1,070 mm)[1] Driver dia.5 ft 0 in (1,520 mm)[1] Wheelbase 40 ft 2 in (12.24 m)[2] Length 49 ft 2+ 1 ⁄2 in (14.999 m)[1] Height 9+ 1 ⁄2 in (3.899 m)[1] Axle load 13 long tons 13 cwt (30,600 lb or 13.9 t)[2] Loco weight 39 long tons 11 cwt (88,600 lb or 40.2 t)[2] Tender weight 29 long tons 19 cwt (67,100 lb or 30.4 t)[2] Total weight 69 long tons 10 cwt (155,700 lb or 70.6 t)[2] Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 70 long cwt (7,800 lb or 3,600 kg)[2] Water cap. 2,200 imp gal (10,000 L; 2,600 US gal)[2] Heating surface: • Firebox 83.5 sq ft (7.76 m2 )[2] • Tubes 971.0 sq ft (90.21 m2 )[2] • Total surface 1,054.5 sq ft (98 m2 )[2] Cylinders 2, outside Cylinder size 17 in × 26 in (432 mm × 660 mm)[2]
Career Operators Victorian Railways Number in class 20 Numbers 82, 92, 122, 190, 191, 194, 242, 244, 248, 250, 260, 322 - 344 (even only) First run 17 November 1887 Disposition All scrapped
The D class of 1887 were Phoenix -built locomotives to be used on Victorian Railways .
All 20 examples were scrapped, the last one (D 194) was scrapped in 1928.
References Dee; et al. (1981). Power Parade . Melbourne: VicRail Public Relations Division. p. 16. . Cave, N.; Buckland, J.; Beardsell, D. (2002). Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways - Volume 1 The First Fifty Years . Melbourne: ARHS. pp. 129–132. . Specific
^ a b c d Victorian Railways Diagram Book 1904 . Victorian Railways. 1904.^ .
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