Victorian Railways O class (1861)

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian broad gauge
Driver dia.	5 ft 0 in (1,520 mm)
Tender wheels	3 ft 6 in (1.07 m)
Wheelbase	33 ft 10 in (10.31 m)
• Coupled	15 ft 11 in (4,850 mm)
• Tender	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Length:;
• Over couplers	45 ft 8 in (13.92 m)
Height	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Axle load	13 long tons 8 cwt (30,000 lb or 13.6 t); 1904 diagram: 15 long tons 6 cwt (34,300 lb or 15.5 t); 1914 diagram: 15 long tons 17 cwt (35,500 lb or 16.1 t)
Loco weight	38 long tons 11 cwt (86,400 lb or 39.2 t); 1904 diagram: 37 long tons 12 cwt (84,200 lb or 38.2 t); 1914 diagram: 39 long tons 5 cwt (87,900 lb or 39.9 t)
Tender weight	25 long tons 13 cwt (57,500 lb or 26.1 t); 1904 diagram: 25 long tons 13 cwt 1 qr (57,480 lb or 26.07 t); 1914 diagram: 25 long tons 12 cwt 2 qr (57,400 lb or 26.04 t)
Total weight	64 long tons 4 cwt (143,800 lb or 65.2 t); 1904 diagram: 63 long tons 5 cwt 1 qr (141,710 lb or 64.28 t); 1914 diagram: 64 long tons 17 cwt 2 qr (145,320 lb or 65.92 t)
Fuel capacity	Rebuilt 1865: 70 long cwt (7,800 lb or 3,600 kg); 1914 diagram: 60 long cwt (6,700 lb or 3,000 kg)
Water cap.	1,400 imp gal (6,400 L; 1,700 US gal); Rebuilt 1865: 1,915 imp gal (8,710 L; 2,300 US gal); 1904 diagram: 2,150 imp gal (9,800 L; 2,580 US gal); 1914 diagram: 2,100 imp gal (9,500 L; 2,500 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	17.77 sq ft (1.651 m2); 1904 diagram: 20.62 sq ft (1.916 m2)
Boiler pressure	Original: 130 psi (896 kPa); 1904 diagram: 27, 41: 120 psi (827 kPa); 19 - 25, 29 - 39, 43 - 55, 59 - 81, 127, 129, 135, 139, 141, 145, 147: 130 psi (896 kPa); 57, 131, 133, 137, 143, 149: 140 psi (965 kPa); 135: 160 psi (1,103 kPa); 1914 diagram: 129: 130 psi (896 kPa); 131, 149: 140 psi (965 kPa); 45, 51, 67, 69, 71, 79, 81, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147: 160 psi (1,103 kPa);
Heating surface:
• Firebox	137.75 sq ft (12.797 m2); 1904 diagram: 100.00 sq ft (9.290 m2)
• Tubes	1,014.14 sq ft (94.217 m2); 1904 diagram: 1,125.72 sq ft (104.583 m2)
• Total surface	1,151.89 sq ft (107 m2); 1904 diagram: 1,225.72 sq ft (113.873 m2)
Cylinders	2, inside
Cylinder size	17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm); 1914 diagram: 17+1⁄2 in × 24 in (444 mm × 610 mm)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company, Manchester, UK (11); Slaughter, Gruning & Co., Bristol, UK (6); Robert Stephenson & Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (12); Yorkshire Engine Company, Sheffield, UK (6); VR - Williamstown Workshops (2); Phoenix Foundry, Ballarat (7)
Serial number	Beyer, Peacock: 553 - 558, 1040, 1041, 1709 - 1711; Slaughter & Grüning: 460 - 465; Robert Stephenson: 1441 - 1452; Yorkshire Engine: 153 - 158; Phoenix Foundry: 48 - 54
Build date	1861 - 1881
Total produced	44

Victorian Railways O class
Victorian Railways O class
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company, Manchester, UK (11); Slaughter, Gruning & Co., Bristol, UK (6); Robert Stephenson & Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (12); Yorkshire Engine Company, Sheffield, UK (6); VR - Williamstown Workshops (2); Phoenix Foundry, Ballarat (7)
Serial number	Beyer, Peacock: 553 - 558, 1040, 1041, 1709 - 1711; Slaughter & Grüning: 460 - 465; Robert Stephenson: 1441 - 1452; Yorkshire Engine: 153 - 158; Phoenix Foundry: 48 - 54
Build date	1861 - 1881
Total produced	44
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	0-6-0
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian broad gauge
Driver dia.	5 ft 0 in (1,520 mm)
Tender wheels	3 ft 6 in (1.07 m)
Wheelbase	33 ft 10 in (10.31 m)
• Coupled	15 ft 11 in (4,850 mm)
• Tender	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Length:;
• Over couplers	45 ft 8 in (13.92 m)
Height	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Axle load	13 long tons 8 cwt (30,000 lb or 13.6 t); 1904 diagram: 15 long tons 6 cwt (34,300 lb or 15.5 t); 1914 diagram: 15 long tons 17 cwt (35,500 lb or 16.1 t)
Loco weight	38 long tons 11 cwt (86,400 lb or 39.2 t); 1904 diagram: 37 long tons 12 cwt (84,200 lb or 38.2 t); 1914 diagram: 39 long tons 5 cwt (87,900 lb or 39.9 t)
Tender weight	25 long tons 13 cwt (57,500 lb or 26.1 t); 1904 diagram: 25 long tons 13 cwt 1 qr (57,480 lb or 26.07 t); 1914 diagram: 25 long tons 12 cwt 2 qr (57,400 lb or 26.04 t)
Total weight	64 long tons 4 cwt (143,800 lb or 65.2 t); 1904 diagram: 63 long tons 5 cwt 1 qr (141,710 lb or 64.28 t); 1914 diagram: 64 long tons 17 cwt 2 qr (145,320 lb or 65.92 t)
Fuel capacity	Rebuilt 1865: 70 long cwt (7,800 lb or 3,600 kg); 1914 diagram: 60 long cwt (6,700 lb or 3,000 kg)
Water cap.	1,400 imp gal (6,400 L; 1,700 US gal); Rebuilt 1865: 1,915 imp gal (8,710 L; 2,300 US gal); 1904 diagram: 2,150 imp gal (9,800 L; 2,580 US gal); 1914 diagram: 2,100 imp gal (9,500 L; 2,500 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	17.77 sq ft (1.651 m2); 1904 diagram: 20.62 sq ft (1.916 m2)
Boiler pressure	Original: 130 psi (896 kPa); 1904 diagram: 27, 41: 120 psi (827 kPa); 19 - 25, 29 - 39, 43 - 55, 59 - 81, 127, 129, 135, 139, 141, 145, 147: 130 psi (896 kPa); 57, 131, 133, 137, 143, 149: 140 psi (965 kPa); 135: 160 psi (1,103 kPa); 1914 diagram: 129: 130 psi (896 kPa); 131, 149: 140 psi (965 kPa); 45, 51, 67, 69, 71, 79, 81, 133, 135, 137, 139, 141, 143, 145, 147: 160 psi (1,103 kPa);
Heating surface:
• Firebox	137.75 sq ft (12.797 m2); 1904 diagram: 100.00 sq ft (9.290 m2)
• Tubes	1,014.14 sq ft (94.217 m2); 1904 diagram: 1,125.72 sq ft (104.583 m2)
• Total surface	1,151.89 sq ft (107 m2); 1904 diagram: 1,225.72 sq ft (113.873 m2)
Cylinders	2, inside
Cylinder size	17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm); 1914 diagram: 17+1⁄2 in × 24 in (444 mm × 610 mm)
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	11,560 lbf (51.4 kN) at 100 psi; 1904 diagram - 140psi: 12,950 lbf (57.6 kN); 1914 diagram - 160psi: 15,680 lbf (69.7 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	Victorian Railways
Number in class	44
Numbers	Numbers at delivery: 26-31, 52-63, 70-81, 88-89 (never ran with these), Numbers in service: 19-81, 127-149 (odd only)
Nicknames	Overarmers
Delivered	1861
First run	October 1862
Last run	10 June 1922; (59.7 years)
Withdrawn	1904 - 1922
Disposition	All scrapped

The Victorian Railways O class was a class of 0-6-0 goods locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1862 and 1922, built by various builders.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1904 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railways. 1904. p. 5.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m 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. 50. ISBN 1876677384.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1914 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railwaysas reproduced by the ARHS Victoria Division in 2008. 1914. p. 6. ISBN 9781920892173.

[Diagram1904-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1904 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railways. 1904. p. 5.

[SteamLocoBookSpecs-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m 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. 50. ISBN 1876677384.

[Diagram1914-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1914 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railwaysas reproduced by the ARHS Victoria Division in 2008. 1914. p. 6. ISBN 9781920892173.

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