Victorian Railways Z class
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2015) |
| Victorian Railways Z Class | |
|---|---|
0-6-0T | |
| Gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Length | 7.23m, 6.83m |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Operators | Victorian Railways |
| Number in class | 3 |
The Victorian Railways Z class were three locomotives built in 1893 in
Victoria, Australia
. The class is unusual in that the third member of the class bore little resemblance to the first two. One example of the class survives, at the
Scienceworks Museum in Melbourne.[1]
Built in 1893 by the
2-4-0T locomotives which had their full length covered in with an extended cab in the style of a road tramway motor. They were allocated numbers 522 and 524 with the classification Z. Their full length cabs were later cut back to a normal length revealing a thin chimney and a drum-shaped dome. They were scrapped in 1910 and 1911.[2]
The third engine was also built in 1893, but was an outside cylinder
References
- ^ a b c "Steam Railway Locomotive - 0-6-0ST Type, Z-Class No.526, 'Polly', Victorian Railways, Newport, 1893". Museum Victoria. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ ISBN 1 876677 38 4.
External links
- Victorian Preserved Steam Locomotives detailed information about all surviving ex-VR steam locos
- Z class drawings
- Vicsig
