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milestones. A60 (formerly B60) being the first the Victorian Railways mainline diesel-electric locomotive, which also has been named after the Victorian Railway commissioner Sir Harold Clapp, and A62 (formerly B62) being the first diesel-electric locomotive to hit a million miles within the Victorian Railway system. It too has been named in honor of the railway employees of the Victorian Railways. A60 has been allocated to
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In August 2015 three of the four A class locomotives were put into long-term storage, with V/Line continuing to operate A66 in revenue service, where it used to operate on the interurban service to Bacchus Marsh on a regular basis operating in peak times. By August 2018 however, timetable alterations
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During the time period of 7 and 18 January 2019, Pacific National units A73, A77, A81 and A85 were scrapped at South Dynon broad gauge turntable. In May 2019, Pacific National scrapped A71 and A79 at Melbourne Freight Terminal to further clear out redundant assets at Dynon Workshops. Currently, A78
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The V/Line units were not upgraded in this way, and continued to operate in regular service supplementing the N Class locomotives on mainline services. Another fixed roster was to Stony Point, as the MTH carriages allocated to that service were fitted with on-board head-end-power generators. The A
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When the engines were initially converted from B class units they were intended for light, high speed passenger traffic, but in Freight Australia service this had limited value. The engine frames could not be easily reinforced, but by 2002 the D57 traction motors were swapped for D77, which raised
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Two of the three V/Line A class locomotives that were in long-term storage at South Dynon Locomotive Depot have since been allocated to heritage preservation, they are locomotives A60 and A62 due to their significance and contributions to the Victorian Railways which marked many historical
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the current axle from 825A to 1050A. To better make use of the increased power the gear ratios in each unit were changed from 59:18 to 61:16, improving adhesion and overall providing an increase in tractive effort of 35%. The lower-power traction motors were cascaded to the
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on 24 April 2013. However, due to a shortage of N class locomotives V/Line briefly reactivated A70 in 2014, with all four locomotives in the V/Line passenger fleet having since been withdrawn. Pacific National withdrew its last examples in May 2014.
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set fitted with high speed bogies, but was returned to the standard 133 km/h (83 mph) gearing soon after. In preparation for the privatisation of V/Line, four were allocated to passenger services and seven to freight services.
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with the first locomotive entering service in May 1984, but the project was abandoned in mid 1985 after rising costs due to structural fatigue, with the 11th rebuild delivered in August 1985. It was decided to instead build more of the
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had seen the loco no longer required on the Bacchus Marsh services and A66 was subsequently sent to Bendigo Roundhouse and later Melbourne where it resides currently in dry storage as an emergency locomotive.
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is the last remaining ex-Freight Australia / Pacific National A class locomotive remaining which has been stored in North Bendigo Workshops with an uncertain future.
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class locomotives were supposed to run their last mainline passenger services in 2013, with A60 operating what was supposed to be the final service, the 16:15
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Hewison, P, Kimpton, R. (2002) Freight Australia's Rollingstock Initiatives, Conference on Railway Engineering, Wollongong, 10–13 November 2002, pp. 294–295
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The class were delivered in the V/Line orange and tangerine scheme. In February 1988, A66 which was painted in a green and gold livery to celebrate the
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In 2022, A66 was repainted into the as-built V/Line orange and grey livery. A62 was repainted into the same livery in 2024.
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generators, as it was believed this was a more efficient way of supplying power for air-conditioning and lighting than
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Melbourne, Meteor, Rapid, Sandridge, St Kilda, Victoria, Yarra, No.8, No.9 and No.11 - 2-4-0WT (1854), later N Class
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V/Line (Rebuilt), V/Line Freight (1995), Pacific National (2004), Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (2024)
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Scott Martin & Chris Banger (October 2006). "'New Deal' for County Passengers - 25 years on".
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reforms of passenger rail operations in Victoria. The rebuild contract was let in January 1983 to
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locomotives, mechanically similar to the A class. The major difference was the addition of
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Locomotives and rolling stock of the Victorian Railways, predecessors and successors
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players in September 1984, while A60 was named after former railway commissioner
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V/Line (Rebuilt), V/Line Passenger (1995), VicTrack Heritage (2020)
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Toorak, Victoria, No.16 and No.19 - 2-4-0T (1865), later N Class
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locomotives originally constructed in the 1950s, as part of the
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Freight Australia Green and Yellow with Pacific National logos
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Freight Australia Green and Yellow with Pacific National logos
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Freight Australia Green and Yellow with Pacific National logos
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Freight Australia Green and Yellow with Pacific National logos
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Freight Australia Green and Yellow with Pacific National logos
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Freight Australia Green and Yellow with Pacific National logos
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Freight Australia Green and Yellow with Pacific National logos
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Allocated to the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre in 2020.
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No.20–No.23, No.25–No.26 - 4-4-0WT (1871), later C Class
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Titania, Oberon, Typhoon and Sirocco - 2-2-2WT (1855)
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V/Line MK1 Livery A66 at Bendigo Station - July 2022
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Windsor and Prahran - 2-4-0WT (1863), later N Class
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1847: 1845:V 0-6-0 (1857) 1842: 1840:T 0-6-0 (1874) 1837: 1835:S 4-6-2 (1928) 1832: 1830:R 4-6-4 (1951) 1827: 1825:Q 0-6-0 (1873) 1822: 1820:P 0-6-0 (1859) 1817: 1815:O 0-6-0 (1861) 1812: 1810:N 2-8-2 (1925) 1807: 1802: 1797: 1792: 1787: 1785:K 2-8-0 (1922) 1782: 1780:J 2-8-0 (1954) 1777: 1772: 1770:H 4-8-4 (1941) 1767: 1765:H 4-4-0 (1877) 1762: 1760:G 4-4-0 (1877) 1757: 1752: 1747: 1731: 1726: 1722: 1709: 1704: 1702:D 4-4-0 (1887) 1699: 1694: 1692:C 2-8-0 (1918) 1689: 1684: 1682:B 2-4-0 (1861) 1679: 1677:A 4-6-0 (1907) 1674: 1672:A 4-4-0 (1900) 1669: 1664: 1659: 1654: 1649: 1644: 1638: 1636: 1626: 1625: 1623: 1622: 1616: 1614: 1606: 1605: 1603: 1602: 1597: 1591: 1589: 1579: 1578: 1576: 1575: 1569: 1567: 1559: 1558: 1556: 1555: 1549: 1547: 1541: 1540: 1538: 1537: 1531: 1529: 1519: 1518: 1516: 1515: 1510: 1504: 1502: 1492: 1491: 1489: 1488: 1483: 1477: 1475: 1461: 1460: 1450: 1449: 1447: 1446: 1441: 1436: 1431: 1426: 1421: 1416: 1410: 1407: 1406: 1401: 1400: 1393: 1386: 1378: 1369:V/Line A class 1359: 1358:External links 1356: 1353: 1352: 1324: 1309: 1297: 1280: 1265: 1253: 1249:Railway Digest 1241: 1232: 1217: 1202: 1195: 1172: 1153: 1152: 1150: 1147: 1144: 1143: 1141: 1138: 1135: 1132: 1129: 1124: 1121: 1116: 1109: 1106: 1102: 1101: 1099: 1096: 1093: 1090: 1087: 1082: 1079: 1077:15 August 1985 1074: 1072: 1069: 1065: 1064: 1062: 1059: 1056: 1053: 1050: 1045: 1042: 1037: 1035: 1032: 1028: 1027: 1025: 1022: 1019: 1016: 1013: 1011: 1008: 1003: 1001: 998: 994: 993: 991: 988: 985: 982: 979: 974: 971: 966: 959: 956: 952: 951: 949: 946: 943: 940: 937: 932: 929: 924: 917: 914: 910: 909: 907: 904: 901: 894: 891: 886: 883: 878: 871: 868: 864: 863: 861: 858: 855: 848: 845: 843: 838: 833: 831: 828: 824: 823: 820: 817: 814: 811: 808: 806: 804: 799: 797: 794: 790: 789: 786: 783: 780: 777: 774: 772: 767: 762: 760: 757: 753: 752: 749: 746: 743: 737: 734: 732: 727: 722: 715: 712: 708: 707: 702: 697: 692: 687: 682: 677: 672: 667: 662: 660:Pre-conversion 657: 647: 646: 643: 640: 637: 634: 627: 624: 593: 590: 586:707 Operations 561:Southern Cross 521:head end power 490:707 Operations 480:in August 2006 447: 444: 442:in 1984–1985. 418: 417: 414: 413: 410: 406: 405: 396: 392: 391: 388: 384: 383: 380: 376: 375: 372: 368: 367: 364: 360: 359: 356: 352: 351: 346: 342: 341: 333: 332: 329: 328: 323: 317: 316: 313: 309: 308: 305: 301: 300: 292: 291: 288: 287: 284: 278: 277: 274: 272:Head end power 268: 267: 262: 256: 255: 250: 244: 243: 240: 236: 235: 230: 224: 223: 220: 216: 215: 212: 211:Lubricant cap. 208: 207: 204: 200: 199: 194: 190: 189: 186: 182: 181: 178: 174: 173: 170: 166: 165: 162: 158: 157: 154: 153:Wheel diameter 150: 149: 137: 131: 130: 127: 120: 119: 116: 114:Configuration: 111: 110: 109:Specifications 102: 101: 98: 97: 94: 92:Total produced 88: 87: 84: 80: 79: 73: 69: 68: 59: 55: 54: 51: 47: 46: 38: 37: 34: 26: 25: 24:V/Line A class 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 2988: 2977: 2974: 2972: 2969: 2967: 2964: 2962: 2959: 2957: 2954: 2952: 2949: 2947: 2944: 2942: 2939: 2937: 2934: 2933: 2931: 2912: 2909: 2907: 2904: 2902: 2899: 2897: 2894: 2892: 2889: 2888: 2885: 2878: 2874: 2860: 2857: 2855: 2852: 2850: 2849:Dynagraph car 2847: 2845: 2842: 2840: 2837: 2835: 2832: 2830: 2827: 2825: 2824:Miscellaneous 2822: 2820: 2819:Rail tractors 2817: 2815: 2812: 2811: 2809: 2805: 2795: 2792: 2788: 2785: 2783: 2780: 2778: 2775: 2773: 2770: 2768: 2765: 2764: 2763: 2760: 2756: 2753: 2751: 2748: 2746: 2743: 2741: 2738: 2737: 2735: 2734: 2732: 2728: 2720: 2717: 2715: 2712: 2710: 2707: 2705: 2702: 2700: 2697: 2695: 2692: 2690: 2687: 2686: 2685: 2682: 2680: 2677: 2676: 2674: 2670: 2662: 2659: 2657: 2654: 2652: 2649: 2647: 2644: 2642: 2639: 2637: 2634: 2632: 2629: 2628: 2627: 2624: 2621: 2618: 2617: 2615: 2611: 2608: 2604: 2598: 2595: 2593: 2590: 2588: 2585: 2583: 2580: 2578: 2575: 2573: 2572:Hopper wagons 2570: 2568: 2565: 2563: 2560: 2559: 2557: 2553: 2549: 2542: 2538: 2520: 2517: 2515: 2512: 2511: 2509: 2507: 2503: 2497: 2494: 2492: 2489: 2487: 2484: 2482: 2479: 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915: 912: 908: 905: 902: 899: 895: 892: 887: 884: 881:20 March 1984 879: 877: 876: 875:Dick Reynolds 872: 869: 866: 862: 859: 856: 853: 849: 846: 844: 841:1 August 2015 839: 834: 832: 829: 826: 821: 818: 815: 812: 809: 807: 805: 802:22 March 1985 800: 798: 795: 792: 787: 784: 781: 778: 775: 773: 770:1 August 2015 768: 763: 761: 758: 755: 750: 747: 744: 741: 738: 735: 733: 730:1 August 2015 728: 723: 721: 720: 716: 713: 710: 706: 703: 701: 698: 696: 693: 691: 688: 686: 683: 681: 678: 676: 673: 671: 668: 666: 663: 661: 658: 656: 653: 652: 635: 632: 631: 623: 620: 618: 614: 610: 606: 603: 599: 589: 587: 583: 577: 573: 569: 566: 565:Bacchus Marsh 562: 556: 554: 548: 545: 541: 537: 533: 528: 526: 522: 518: 513: 509: 505: 504: 499: 491: 486: 479: 475: 471: 464: 460: 456: 452: 443: 441: 437: 433: 429: 425: 411: 407: 404: 400: 397: 395:Current owner 393: 389: 385: 381: 377: 373: 369: 366:A60–A85 365: 361: 357: 353: 350: 347: 343: 338: 334: 324: 322: 318: 314: 310: 306: 304:Maximum speed 302: 297: 293: 285: 283: 279: 276:74 VDC, 10 kW 275: 273: 269: 263: 261: 257: 251: 249: 245: 241: 237: 234: 233:EMD 12-645E3B 231: 229: 225: 221: 217: 213: 209: 205: 203:Fuel capacity 201: 198: 195: 191: 187: 183: 179: 175: 171: 167: 163: 159: 155: 151: 143: 141:1,600 mm 138: 136: 132: 128: 126: 123: •  121: 117: 112: 107: 103: 95: 89: 85: 81: 77: 74: 70: 67: 63: 60: 56: 52: 48: 43: 39: 32: 27: 22: 19: 2437:R (proposed) 2361:Wooden bogie 2280: 2136:Brill (1928) 2075:Rowan (1883) 2001:Rail tractor 1885: 1361: 1343:. 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Index


Clyde Engineering
Rosewater
EMD
UIC
Gauge
1,600 mm
Diesel
Prime mover
EMD 12-645E3B
Generator
Traction motors
Head end power
Cylinders
Tractive effort
V/Line
Pacific National
V/Line
Victorian Railways B class
Clyde Engineering
Rosewater
V/Line

Freight Australia
Pacific National
Melbourne

V/Line
Flinders Street

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