Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company 2-2-2WT (1855)

Geelong and Melbourne Railway 2-2-2WT
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
RebuilderWilliam Meikle
Rebuild date1872
Number rebuilt2
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-2-2WT
34 rebuilt: 0-6-0WT
36 rebuilt: 2-4-0WT
Gauge5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Victorian broad gauge
Leading dia.3 ft 6 in (1,070 mm)
Driver dia.6 ft 6 in (1,980 mm)
Trailing dia.3 ft 6 in (1,070 mm)
Career
OperatorsGeelong and Melbourne Railway Company, Victorian Railways
Number in class4
NumbersVictorian Railways: 34, 36, 38, 40
First runJuly 1856
Last runJuly 1889
(33 years)
DispositionScrapped

The Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company operated a total of four 2-2-2WT locomotives between 1856 and 1860. They were later operated by the Victorian Railways between 1860 and 1889.[1][2]

History

Titania and Oberon

Titania and Oberon
Type and origin
BuilderRobert Stephenson and Company, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Serial number1006 & 1007
Build date1855
Total produced2
Specifications
Fuel typeCoke
Fuel capacity9 long cwt (0.46 t)
Water cap.615 imp gal (2,800 L)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size12 in × 22 in (305 mm × 559 mm)

The first two locomotives were built by Robert Stephenson and Company, being completed and shipped on the vessel Thames on the 1st of August 1855. The first locomotive (serial number 1006) would be named Titania and the second (serial number 1007) would be named Oberon.[3]

Titania - No. 34

Sold to Victorian Railways for £2,756/15 on 3 September 1860, became No.34. Used as a shunter at Williamstown Workshops in 1872. Sold to Swan Hill Shire for £800 in June 1889. Sold to H.V. McKay & Co. (Sunshine Harvester Works). Historical Society of Victoria ask to be retained on 12 September 1925. H.V.McKay & Co. presented one brass number plate to ARHS in 1949.[4][5]

Oberon - No. 36

Sold to Victorian Railways for £2,756/15 on 3 September 1860 and became No. 36. Used as a shunter at Williamstown Workshops in 1872. Sold to Riley Bros. for £500 in June 1889.[6][7]

Typhoon and Sirocco

Typhoon and Sirocco
Type and origin
BuilderStothert, Slaughter and Company, Bristol, England
Build date1855
Total produced2
Specifications
Cylinders2
Cylinder size15 in × 20 in (381 mm × 508 mm)

Typhoon - No. 38

Sold to Victorian Railways for £4031/15 on 3 September 1860 and became No. 38. Sold for use as stationary engine in 1872.[8][9]

Sirocco - No. 40

Sold to Victorian Railways for £3761/15 on 3 September 1860 and became No. 40. Became a stationary engine at Williamstown Workshops in 1872.[10][11]

References

  • 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. 9–11, 15, 17, 94–95. ISBN 1876677384.

Specific

  1. ^ "EARLY VICTORIAN LOCOMOTIVES". Trove - Argus. 7 September 1916. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ "THE VICTORIAN AND GEELONG RAILWAYS". Trove - Argus. 7 September 1860. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ "VICSIG - GMR locos". vicsig.net. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. ^ "VICSIG - Titania". vicsig.net. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. ^ "VICSIG - VR 34". vicsig.net. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  6. ^ "VICSIG - Oberon". vicsig.net. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  7. ^ "VICSIG - VR 36". vicsig.net. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  8. ^ "VICSIG - Typhoon". vicsig.net. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  9. ^ "VICSIG - VR 38". vicsig.net. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  10. ^ "VICSIG - Sirocco". vicsig.net. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  11. ^ "VICSIG - VR 40". vicsig.net. Retrieved 21 June 2022.