Victorian Railways B class (diesel)
- Victorian Railways B class (diesel)
Infobox Locomotive
name = Victorian Railways B Class
caption = B74 as preserved by the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre leading the 70th anniversary "Spirit of Progress"
powertype = Diesel Electric
builder = Clyde Engineering
Granville, New South Wales
length = 18.70 m
weight = 114.00 tonne
enginetype = EMD 16-567BC
generator = EMD D12
tractionmotors = EMD D27
topspeed = 133 km/h (82.64 mi/h)
poweroutput = 1,200 kW (1,630 hp)
numinclass = 26
"11 units rebuilt as A class"
roadnumber = B60 - B85
"Units B60, B62, B66 ,B70, B71, B73, B77, B78, B79, B81, B85 converted to A class"
firstrundate = 14 July 1952
buildmodel=ML2
builddate=1951 - 1953
totalproduction=26
gauge=Broad (1600 mm, 5 ft 3 inch)
tractiveeffort=Starting: 267 kN
Continuous: 178 kN at 18 km/h
railroad=1952 -
railroadclass=B
locale=Victoria
deliverydate=1951
retiredate=Progressively from 1982
preservedunits=5
In Service: B61, B65, B76
Preserved: B74, B83
Under Restoration: B72, B75
Stored: B63, B64, B80
scrapdate=Progressively from 1982
currentowner=Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia
Southern Railroad
Steamrail Victoria
SRHC
ARHS
(Private Owners)
The Victorian Railways B class was the first mainline diesel-electric locomotives in Victoria, Australia when they entered service in 1952.[cite book]
author = Railmac Publications
title = Australian Fleetbooks: V/Line locomotives
publisher = Kitchner Press
year = 1992
isbn = 0 949817 76 7 ] They were ordered as part of 'Operation Phoenix', a £80 million program to rebuild a network badly run down by years of Depression-era underinvestment and wartime overutilisation. [cite web|url=http://www.railwaymuseum.org.au/history3.html|title=ARHS Railway Museum: History 1950 - 2000|accessdate=2006-12-31|] With two cabs and bulldog noses, the class remained in use until the mid 80s to early 90s with 11 of them being rebuilt into the A class in the early 1980s as part of the 'New Deal' reforms of passenger rail operations in Victoria. The remainder were retired by V/Line with the introduction of new locomotives, with a number purchased by West Coast Railway.
The existing locomotives in commercial use have been refurbished by Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia and returned to service on standard gauge in New South Wales. B74 is the only locomotive in the custody of a preservation group in operation.
References
* [http://www.victorianrailways.net/motive%20power/bdie.html victorianrailways.net: B class information]
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