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Victorian Railways G class (1877)

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Victorian Railways G class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Meikle
Builder	Williamstown Workshops
Build date	1877
Total produced	2

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	4-4-0
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian broad gauge
Leading dia.	3 ft1+1⁄2 in (952 mm)
Driver dia.	4 ft 0 in (1,220 mm)
Tender wheels	4 ft 0 in (1,220 mm)
Wheelbase	34 ft4+1⁄2 in (10.478 m)
Length	42 ft8+1⁄2 in (13.018 m)^[1]
Height	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)^[1]
Axle load	10 long tons 14 cwt (24,000 lb or 10.9 t)
Loco weight	30 long tons 7 cwt (68,000 lb or 30.8 t)
Tender weight	20 long tons 15 cwt (46,500 lb or 21.1 t)
Total weight	51 long tons 2 cwt (114,500 lb or 51.9 t)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	60 long cwt (6,700 lb or 3,000 kg)
Water cap.	1,698 imp gal (7,720 L; 2,039 US gal)
Boiler pressure	No. 38 (1904):120 psi (827 kPa) No. 44 (1904):130 psi (896 kPa)^[1]
Heating surface:
• Firebox	82.40 sq ft (7.655 m²)
• Tubes	794.85 sq ft (73.844 m²)
• Total surface	877.25 sq ft (81 m²)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	15 in × 18 in (381 mm × 457 mm)

Performance figures
Tractive effort	8,437 lbf (37.53 kN) at 100 psi

Career
Operators	Victorian Railways
Numbers	G38, G44
First run	January 1877
Last run	13 August 1904 (27.6 years)
Disposition	2 scrapped

The Victorian Railways G class was a class of 4-4-0 light line passenger locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1877 and 1904.

History[edit]

Numbered 38 and 44, numbers vacated by two withdrawn Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company engines. Classed 'G' in 1886.^[2]

Production[edit]

Built by the Williamstown Workshops in 1877. Design was similar to the 1874 K class in both power and weight. The four-wheel bogie instead of a fixed axle at the front reduced the maximum wheel load a little and improved lateral stability. All Meikle engines had been fitted with almost standard four-wheeled tenders, differing only in minor details, but this new design had a wheelbase of 8 feet compared with 7 feet and had a larger capacity.^[2]

Regular service[edit]

Based at Castlemaine in the 1890s presumably for the Maldon line.^[2]

Design improvements[edit]

Both reboilering in 1882. No.38 fitted with an extended smokebox.^[2]

Withdrawal[edit]

Both the locomotives were scrapped in 1904.^[2]

Fleet summary[edit]

Key:	In Service	Preserved	Stored or Withdrawn	Scrapped

Locomotive	Builder No.	Entered service	Withdrawn	Scrapped	Status	Notes
G38		February 1877	8 August 1904		Scrapped	^[2]
G44		January 1877	13 August 1904		Scrapped	^[2]

References[edit]

Dee; et al. (1981). Power Parade. Melbourne: VicRail Public Relations Division. ISBN 0-7241-3323-2.
Cave, Norman; Buckland, John; Beardsell, David (2002). Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways. Vol. 1: The First Fifty Years. Melbourne, Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. pp. 72–77. ISBN 1876677384.

Specific[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1904 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railways. 1904. p. 3.