Victorian Railways P class (1859)

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	32 ft 0+1⁄2 in (9.766 m)
• Coupled	14 ft 4 in (4,370 mm)
• Tender	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Length:;
• Over couplers	43 ft 1+1⁄4 in (13.138 m)
Height	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Axle load	10 long tons 2 cwt (22,600 lb or 10.3 t); 1904 diagram: 11 long tons 4 cwt (25,100 lb or 11.4 t); 1914 diagram: 11 long tons 12 cwt (26,000 lb or 11.8 t)
Loco weight	28 long tons 12 cwt (64,100 lb or 29.1 t); 1904 diagram: 29 long tons 8 cwt 1 qr (65,880 lb or 29.88 t); 1914 diagram: 30 long tons 12 cwt (68,500 lb or 31.1 t)
Tender weight	24 long tons 2 cwt (54,000 lb or 24.5 t); 1914 diagram: 21 long tons 6 cwt (47,700 lb or 21.6 t)
Total weight	52 long tons 14 cwt (118,000 lb or 53.5 t); 1904 diagram: 53 long tons 10 cwt 1 qr (119,870 lb or 54.37 t); 1914 diagram: 51 long tons 18 cwt (116,300 lb or 52.7 t)
Fuel capacity	60 long cwt (6,700 lb or 3,000 kg)
Water cap.	1,722 imp gal (7,830 L; 2,068 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	14.03 sq ft (1.303 m2)
Boiler pressure	1904 diagram: 5: 120 psi (827 kPa); 3, 7, 9: 130 psi (896 kPa); 1: 150 psi (1,034 kPa); 1914 diagram: 150 psi (1,034 kPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	88.95 sq ft (8.264 m2); 1914 diagram: 88.5 sq ft (8 m2)
• Tubes	1,097.67 sq ft (101.977 m2); 1914 diagram: 994.1 sq ft (92 m2)
• Total surface	1,186.62 sq ft (110 m2); 1914 diagram: 1,082.6 sq ft (101 m2)
Cylinders	2, inside
Cylinder size	16 in × 22 in (406 mm × 559 mm)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company, Manchester, UK
Serial number	115 - 119
Build date	1859
Total produced	5

Victorian Railways P class
Victorian Railways P class
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company, Manchester, UK
Serial number	115 - 119
Build date	1859
Total produced	5
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	32 ft 0+1⁄2 in (9.766 m)
• Coupled	14 ft 4 in (4,370 mm)
• Tender	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Length:;
• Over couplers	43 ft 1+1⁄4 in (13.138 m)
Height	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Axle load	10 long tons 2 cwt (22,600 lb or 10.3 t); 1904 diagram: 11 long tons 4 cwt (25,100 lb or 11.4 t); 1914 diagram: 11 long tons 12 cwt (26,000 lb or 11.8 t)
Loco weight	28 long tons 12 cwt (64,100 lb or 29.1 t); 1904 diagram: 29 long tons 8 cwt 1 qr (65,880 lb or 29.88 t); 1914 diagram: 30 long tons 12 cwt (68,500 lb or 31.1 t)
Tender weight	24 long tons 2 cwt (54,000 lb or 24.5 t); 1914 diagram: 21 long tons 6 cwt (47,700 lb or 21.6 t)
Total weight	52 long tons 14 cwt (118,000 lb or 53.5 t); 1904 diagram: 53 long tons 10 cwt 1 qr (119,870 lb or 54.37 t); 1914 diagram: 51 long tons 18 cwt (116,300 lb or 52.7 t)
Fuel capacity	60 long cwt (6,700 lb or 3,000 kg)
Water cap.	1,722 imp gal (7,830 L; 2,068 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	14.03 sq ft (1.303 m2)
Boiler pressure	1904 diagram: 5: 120 psi (827 kPa); 3, 7, 9: 130 psi (896 kPa); 1: 150 psi (1,034 kPa); 1914 diagram: 150 psi (1,034 kPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox	88.95 sq ft (8.264 m2); 1914 diagram: 88.5 sq ft (8 m2)
• Tubes	1,097.67 sq ft (101.977 m2); 1914 diagram: 994.1 sq ft (92 m2)
• Total surface	1,186.62 sq ft (110 m2); 1914 diagram: 1,082.6 sq ft (101 m2)
Cylinders	2, inside
Cylinder size	16 in × 22 in (406 mm × 559 mm)
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	9,386 lbf (41.75 kN) at 100 psi; 1904 diagram - 150psi: 11,264 lbf (50.10 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	Victorian Railways
Number in class	5
Numbers	5-9, 1860: 1-9 (odd only)
Delivered	1860
First run	March 1860
Last run	18 February 1921; (61 years)
Withdrawn	1917 - 1921
Disposition	All scrapped

The Victorian Railways P class was a class of 0-6-0 goods locomotives operated by the Victorian Railways between 1860 and 1921, built by Beyer, Peacock & Company, Manchester, England.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1904 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railways. 1904. p. 6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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. 10. ISBN 9781920892173.

[Diagram1904-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1904 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railways. 1904. p. 6.

[SteamLocoBookSpecs-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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.

[Diagram1914-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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. 10. ISBN 9781920892173.

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