Victorian Railways D class (1876) explained

Victorian Railways D class "Rodgers"
Powertype:	Steam
Builder:	Rogers Locomotive Works, New Jersey, USA
Serialnumber:	2448, 2450
Builddate:	1876
Totalproduction:	2
Leadingdiameter:	263NaN3
Driverdiameter:	53NaN3
Axleload:	^[1]
Fueltype:	Coal
Cylindercount:	2, outside
Valvegear:	Stephenson
Tractiveeffort:	at 100 psi
Operator:	Victorian Railways
Numinclass:	2
Fleetnumbers:	162, 164
Officialname:	Neil, Neil's Sister
Firstrundate:	7 August 1877
Disposition:	Both scrapped

The D class of 1876 was the first example of American-built locomotives to be used on Victorian Railways, and among the first such engines to operate in Australia.

Both examples were scrapped.^{[2] [3]}

References

• Book: Dee. Power Parade. VicRail Public Relations Division. Melbourne. 1981. 0-7241-3323-2. etal. 12.
• Book: Cave. N.. Buckland. J.. Beardsell. D.. Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways - Volume 1 The First Fifty Years. ARHS. Melbourne. 2002. 1876677384. 78-82.

Specific

External links

• https://railstory.org/chapter-four/
• https://museumsvictoria.com.au/railways/image.aspx?pid=4844

Notes and References

1. Book: Cave. N.. Buckland. J.. Beardsell. D.. Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways - Volume 1 The First Fifty Years. ARHS. Melbourne. 2002. 1876677384. 82.
2. Fletcher. (2021). . Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc.
3. Book: Fletcher, David . Australia’s Colourful American Locomotives: Their Art & Architecture 1876–1920 . Light Railway Research Society of Australia . 2021 . 978-0-909340-57-5.