Victorian Railways L class (1859)

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-4-0ST
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian broad gauge
Leading dia.	3 ft 6 in (1,070 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 0 in (1,520 mm)
Wheelbase	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
• Coupled	7 ft 6 in (2,290 mm)
Length:;
• Over couplers	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Height	13 ft 4 in (4.06 m)
Axle load	13 long tons 11 cwt (30,400 lb or 13.8 t); 1904 diagram: 12 long tons 18 cwt (28,900 lb or 13.1 t)
Loco weight	37 long tons 7 cwt (83,700 lb or 37.9 t); 1904 diagram: 35 long tons 14 cwt (80,000 lb or 36.3 t)
Fuel capacity	20 long cwt (2,200 lb or 1,000 kg)
Water cap.	1,195 imp gal (5,430 L; 1,435 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	14.00 sq ft (1.301 m2)
Boiler pressure	130 psi (896 kPa); 1904 diagram: 14, 18, 22 - 32: 130 psi (896 kPa); 16: 100 psi (689 kPa); 20: 110 psi (758 kPa);
Heating surface:
• Firebox	87.25 sq ft (8.106 m2)
• Tubes	1,086.63 sq ft (100.951 m2)
• Total surface	1,173.88 sq ft (109 m2)
Cylinders	2, inside
Cylinder size	16 in × 22 in (406 mm × 559 mm); 1904 diagram: 15 in × 22 in (381 mm × 559 mm)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	George England and Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (7); Slaughter, Gruning & Co., Bristol, UK (3)
Serial number	George England: 156 - 159, 164 - 166; Slaughter & Grüning: 408 - 410
Build date	1859 - 1860
Total produced	10

Victorian Railways L class (1861)
Victorian Railways L class (1861)
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	George England and Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (7); Slaughter, Gruning & Co., Bristol, UK (3)
Serial number	George England: 156 - 159, 164 - 166; Slaughter & Grüning: 408 - 410
Build date	1859 - 1860
Total produced	10
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-4-0ST
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian broad gauge
Leading dia.	3 ft 6 in (1,070 mm)
Driver dia.	5 ft 0 in (1,520 mm)
Wheelbase	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
• Coupled	7 ft 6 in (2,290 mm)
Length:;
• Over couplers	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Height	13 ft 4 in (4.06 m)
Axle load	13 long tons 11 cwt (30,400 lb or 13.8 t); 1904 diagram: 12 long tons 18 cwt (28,900 lb or 13.1 t)
Loco weight	37 long tons 7 cwt (83,700 lb or 37.9 t); 1904 diagram: 35 long tons 14 cwt (80,000 lb or 36.3 t)
Fuel capacity	20 long cwt (2,200 lb or 1,000 kg)
Water cap.	1,195 imp gal (5,430 L; 1,435 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	14.00 sq ft (1.301 m2)
Boiler pressure	130 psi (896 kPa); 1904 diagram: 14, 18, 22 - 32: 130 psi (896 kPa); 16: 100 psi (689 kPa); 20: 110 psi (758 kPa);
Heating surface:
• Firebox	87.25 sq ft (8.106 m2)
• Tubes	1,086.63 sq ft (100.951 m2)
• Total surface	1,173.88 sq ft (109 m2)
Cylinders	2, inside
Cylinder size	16 in × 22 in (406 mm × 559 mm); 1904 diagram: 15 in × 22 in (381 mm × 559 mm)
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	9,386 lbf (41.75 kN) at 100 psi; 1904 diagram - 130psi: 8,580 lbf (38.2 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	Victorian Railways
Number in class	10
Numbers	Numbers at delivery: 16-25 (never ran with these), Numbers in service: 14-32 (even only)
Delivered	1860
First run	January 1861
Last run	20 January 1906; (45 years)
Withdrawn	1900 - 1906
Disposition	All scrapped

The Victorian Railways L class was a class of 2-4-0ST passenger locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1861 and 1906, built by both George England and Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, England and Slaughter, Gruning & Co., Bristol, England.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1904 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railways. 1904. p. 4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Cave, Norman; Buckland, John; Beardsell, David (2002). Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways. Vol. 1: The First Fifty Years. Melbourne, Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. p. 36. ISBN 1876677384.

[Diagram1904-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1904 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railways. 1904. p. 4.

[SteamLocoBookSpecs-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Cave, Norman; Buckland, John; Beardsell, David (2002). Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways. Vol. 1: The First Fifty Years. Melbourne, Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. p. 36. ISBN 1876677384.

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