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The Victorian Railways rail tractors are a small shunting unit used by the Victorian Railways of Australia for moving railway wagons in at country stations and private sidings. Varying in power output and size, they are agricultural tractors on top of a four wheeled steel rail wagon frame. Unit 54 is a one off unit acquired from the Portland Harbour Trust who used it on their private siding.
These shunters (except RT 54) are not fitted with air brakes but are through piped to enable them to be worked dead as part of a normal train. Units currently authorised to operate on Victorian tracks are RT 3-39, and RT 40,42,43, 45-53; the second group being more powerful, and all being permitted to travel at 15 km/h maximum. Units RT 18, 28 and 43 have been gauge converted and transferred to Sydney for use on the construction of the Epping to Chatswood railway.
Source: Wikipedia
We identify rebuilt and renumbered locomotives from this class as well as other classes with similar mechanical configurations and present those classes below.
Title | Value |
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Introduced | 1932 |
Wheel arrangement | 0-4-0 |
Manufactured by | Victorian Railways - Newport Workshops |
Traction type | Diesel-Mechanical |
Number in database | 54 |
Date | 21 Nov 2014 08:07 |
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Previous description | |
New description | The Victorian Railways rail tractors are a small shunting unit used by the Victorian Railways of Australia for moving railway wagons in at country stations and private sidings. Varying in power output and size, they are agricultural tractors on top of a four wheeled steel rail wagon frame. Unit 54 is a one off unit acquired from the Portland Harbour Trust who used it on their private siding. These shunters (except RT 54) are not fitted with air brakes but are through piped to enable them to be worked dead as part of a normal train. Units currently authorised to operate on Victorian tracks are RT 3-39, and RT 40,42,43, 45-53; the second group being more powerful, and all being permitted to travel at 15 km/h maximum. Units RT 18, 28 and 43 have been gauge converted and transferred to Sydney for use on the construction of the Epping to Chatswood railway. Source: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_rail_tractor]Wikipedia[/url] |
Date | 01 Jun 2014 15:34 |
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Previous name | RT Class (VIC, Diesel-Mechanic) |
New name | RT Class (VIC, Diesel-Mechanical) |
Date | 31 May 2014 15:39 |
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Name | RT Class (VIC, Diesel-Mechanic) |
Year introduced | 1932 |
Flickr tag | rp-au-vic-rt |
Flickr image ID | 14179165114 |
Wheel arrangement | 0-4-0 |
Manufacturer | Victorian Railways - Newport Workshops |
Type | Diesel-Mechanical |
Number in database | 54 | |
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Operational | 3 | RT18 RT28 RT43 |
Preserved - Static | 1 | RT1 |
Unknown | 50 | RT2 RT3 RT4 RT5 RT6 RT7 RT8 RT9 RT10 RT11 RT12 RT13 RT14 RT15 RT16 RT17 RT19 RT20 RT21 RT22 RT23 RT24 RT25 RT26 RT27 RT29 RT30 RT31 RT32 RT33 RT34 RT35 RT36 RT37 RT38 RT39 RT40 RT41 RT42 RT44 RT45 RT46 RT47 RT48 RT49 RT50 RT51 RT52 RT53 RT54 |
Please note - in the case of scrapped, renumbered or rebuilt locomotives, the last operator or owner is listed.
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