Victorian Railways J class (1859)

Victorian Railways J class

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Meikle
Builder	Beyer, Peacock & Company, Manchester, England
Serial number	110-114
Build date	1859
Total produced	5
Rebuilder	1872

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	2-2-2, Rebuilt 1872: 2-4-0
Gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Leading dia.	1894 diagram: 3 ft 1+1⁄2 in (952 mm)^[1]
Driver dia.	1894 diagram: 5 ft 0 in (1,520 mm)^[1]
Wheelbase	31 ft 4+1⁄2 in (9.563 m),^[2] 1894 diagram: 33 ft 5+5⁄8 in (10.201 m),^[1] 1904 diagram: 31 ft 11+1⁄2 in (9.741 m)^[3]
• Coupled	1894 diagram: 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)^[2]
Length	1894 diagram: 42 ft 0+1⁄8 in (12.805 m),^[1] 1904 diagram: 40 ft 4 in (12.29 m)^[3]
Height	13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)^[1]
Axle load	1894 diagram: 10 long tons 1 cwt (22,500 lb or 10.2 t)^[2]
Loco weight	1894 diagram: 27 long tons 3 cwt (60,800 lb or 27.6 t),^[2] 1904 diagram: 27 long tons 10 cwt (61,600 lb or 27.9 t)^[3]
Tender weight	1894 diagram: 23 long tons 6 cwt (52,200 lb or 23.7 t),^[2] 1904 diagram: 17 long tons 11 cwt (39,300 lb or 17.8 t)^[3]
Total weight	1894 diagram: 50 long tons 9 cwt (113,000 lb or 51.3 t),^[2] 1904 diagram: 45 long tons 1 cwt (100,900 lb or 45.8 t)^[3]
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	60 long cwt (6,700 lb or 3,000 kg)^[2]
Water cap.	21,710 imp gal (98,700 L; 26,070 US gal),^[2] 1904 diagram: 1,220 imp gal (5,500 L; 1,470 US gal)^[3]
Firebox:
• Grate area	13.0 sq ft (1.21 m²)^[2]
Heating surface:
• Firebox	1894 diagram: 77.22 sq ft (7.174 m²)^[2]
• Tubes	1894 diagram: 937.92 sq ft (87.136 m²)^[2]
• Total surface	1894 diagram: 1,015.14 sq ft (94 m²)^[2]
Cylinders	2, inside
Cylinder size	14 in × 21 in (356 mm × 533 mm),^[2] 1894 diagram: 15 in × 22 in (381 mm × 559 mm)^[2]

Performance figures
Tractive effort	1894 diagram: 1,710 lbf (7.6 kN) at 100 psi,^[2] 1904 diagram: 8,580 lbf (38.2 kN) at 100 psi^[3]

Career
Operators	Victorian Railways
Number in class	5
Numbers	2-6, Later 2-10 (even only)
First run	May 1860
Withdrawn	February 1916
Disposition	All scrapped

The Victorian Railways J class was a class of 2-2-2 main line passenger locomotives manufactured by Beyer, Peacock & Company, Manchester, England for the Victorian Railways.

History

Originally numbered 2-6 under the first system of consecutive numbering system which duplicated numbers in each type (passenger / goods) locomotives.

Not long after, the VR changed to the odd/even system, odd for goods, even for passenger. These locomotives were renumbered 2-10 (even only). Classed 'J' in 1886.

Fleet summary

Key:	In service	Preserved	Stored or withdrawn	Scrapped

First nos.	Locomotive	Builder no.	Entered service	Withdrawn	Status	Notes
2	J 2	110	May 1860	23 April 1904	Scrapped
4	J 4	112	July 1860	9 November 1912	Scrapped	Sold to Mr Findlay of Serviceton - 9 November 1912
6	J 6	114	August 1860	10 August 1912	Scrapped	Hot water engine - 10 August 1912. Broken up? - 19 February 1916. Last seen - 9 March 1917
3	J 8	111	June 1860	5 July 1904	Scrapped
5	J 10	113	July 1860	28 April 1907	Scrapped	Stationary engine at Newport - 29 April 1907

References

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. 23–33, 35. ISBN 1876677384.

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1894 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railways. 1894.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o 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. 35. ISBN 1876677384.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Victorian Railways Rolling Stock Branch: Diagrams & Particulars of Locomotives, Cars, Vans & Trucks (1904 ed.). Vic: Victorian Railways. 1904. p. 4.