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Victorian Railways 'Old' V Class
Victorian Railways 'Old' V class were the first government goods steam locomotives on Victorian Railways, built by George England George England ( 1811–1878) was an English businessman and engineer. He founded George England and Co., a steam locomotive manufacturing business based in Hatcham, New Cross. Early life England was born around 1811, in Newcastle upon Tyne. ... & Co. The four tender locomotives were built in 1857-8 with builder's numbers 142-145. They arrived in Port Phillip in September 1858 along with passenger locomotive No. 1. Victorian Railways initially numbered passenger and goods locomotives separately. The goods engines were numbered 1-4 and the passenger engine No.1. This was soon changed with the goods locos being numbers 2-5. This was later changed to odd numbers for goods locomotives and even numbers for passenger locos. This system remained in use until 1912. In 1886, the goods locos were allocat6ed to Class V. Eventually number 13 was sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George England And Co
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