For a period of time the VR had been using old steam locomotives that were past their best to shunt at their Newport workshops, and decided to construct two small shunting locomotives for use at their workshop facilities.
Built by the Victorian Railways themselves, with a Diesel-hydraulic transmission powered by an 112 kilowatts (150 hp) EMD power unit, the two engines were given class M and the numbers were 231 and 232. After one trialled at Mildura, both worked their entire operational lives exclusively in the Newport Workshops compound. When introduced both wore red with a yellow stripe livery, but later changed to the traditional VR livery until they were withdrawn.
After withdrawal they both passed to Steamrail. One is operational and is used as the Steamrail shunter (M231) in the original red and yellow livery, but may soon change to VR blue and gold. The other (M232) is currently stored in the Steamrail compound at Newport Workshops West block, pending restoration to a serviceable condition.
victorian, railways, class, diesel, hydraulic, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citation. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message The Victorian Railways M class are a diesel hydraulic powered railway shunting locomotive based at the Newport workshops of the Victorian Railways in Victoria Australia Victorian Railways M ClassType and originPower typeDiesel hydraulicBuilderVictorian RailwaysSpecificationsConfiguration Whyte0 6 0Gauge5 ft 3 in 1 600 mm Length8 45 m 27 ft 9 in Loco weight31 00 t 30 51 long tons 34 17 short tons Prime moverEMD 6 71 6080Performance figuresMaximum speed20 km h 12 mph Power output112 kilowatts 150 hp CareerNumber in class2NumbersM231 M232First run1959 For a period of time the VR had been using old steam locomotives that were past their best to shunt at their Newport workshops and decided to construct two small shunting locomotives for use at their workshop facilities Built by the Victorian Railways themselves with a Diesel hydraulic transmission powered by an 112 kilowatts 150 hp EMD power unit the two engines were given class M and the numbers were 231 and 232 After one trialled at Mildura both worked their entire operational lives exclusively in the Newport Workshops compound When introduced both wore red with a yellow stripe livery but later changed to the traditional VR livery until they were withdrawn After withdrawal they both passed to Steamrail One is operational and is used as the Steamrail shunter M231 in the original red and yellow livery but may soon change to VR blue and gold The other M232 is currently stored in the Steamrail compound at Newport Workshops West block pending restoration to a serviceable condition Locomotives editLocomotive Entered service Withdrawn Owner Status M231 1959 Steamrail Preserved Operational M232 1959 Steamrail StoredReferences editPeter J Vincent M class VICSIG M class Vicrailways M class nbsp This diesel locomotive related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about rail transport in Victoria Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Victorian Railways M class diesel hydraulic amp oldid 1209982312, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
