Victorian Railways L class (1861)

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: 156-166; Slaughter & Grüning: 408-410
Build date	1859-1860
Total produced	10

Victorian Railways L class
Victorian Railways L class
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: 156-166; 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)
Driver dia.	5 ft 0 in (1,520 mm)
Wheelbase	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
• Coupled	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Axle load	13 long tons 11 cwt (30,400 lb or 13.8 t)
Loco weight	37 long tons 7 cwt (83,700 lb or 37.9 t)
Fuel type	Coal
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	14.0 sq ft (1.30 m2)
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)
Tractive effort
Performance figures
Tractive effort	9,386 lbf (41.75 kN) at 100 psi
Operators
Career
Operators	Victorian Railways
Number in class	10
Numbers	16-25, Later 14-32 (even only)
First run	January 1861
Withdrawn	January 1906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.

References[edit]

Dee; et al. (1981). Power Parade. Melbourne: VicRail Public Relations Division. p. 3. ISBN 0-7241-3323-2.
Cave, Norman; Buckland, John; Beardsell, David (2002). Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways. Vol. 1: The First Fifty Years. Melbourne, Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. pp. 33–36. ISBN 1876677384.

^ ^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. 36. ISBN 1876677384.