Victorian Railways Y class (diesel)

Victorian Railways Y class

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V/Line Y129 at Southern Cross in October 2011

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Clyde Engineering, Granville
Model	Electro-Motive Diesel 6GB
Build date	1963-68
Total produced	75

Specifications
UIC class	Bo-Bo
Gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Length	13.28 m (43 ft 7 in)
Fuel type	Diesel
Prime mover	Electro-Motive Diesel 6-567C (first 50) Electro-Motive Diesel 6-645 (last 25)
Engine type	(?)
Generator	Electro-Motive Diesel D25E
Traction motors	General Electric 237

Performance figures
Maximum speed	65 km/h (40 mph); Y175 was regeared for a top speed of 95 km/h (59 mph)
Power output	480 kW (640 hp)

Career
Operators	Victorian Railways
Number in class	75
Numbers	Y101-Y175
First run	1963
Preserved	Y127, Y133, Y135, Y137, Y159, Y164
Current owner	Pacific National V/Line
Disposition	17 in service, 6 preserved, 8 stored, 43 scrapped

The Y class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Granville for the Victorian Railways between 1963 and 1968.

History

Y145 at Newport Workshops in 2006

Preserved Seymour Railway Heritage Centre Y133 in July 2009

El Zorro Y145 in June 2008

In 1963 the first of 25 general purpose diesel-electric locomotives was delivered by Clyde Engineering. As a cost saving measure, they were built with bogies and motors retrieved from scrapped Swing Door electric suburban train sets; the re-use of these components reduced the unit cost of the Y class locomotive from around £52,000 ($104,000) to £40,000 ($80,000).^[1] Two further orders saw the class total 75 by 1968.

Although built to dieselise Victoria's shunting operations and replace steam locomotives on branch line services, they were also used on mainline freight and passenger services including between Spencer Street and Werribee.^[2]

After closure of branch lines across the state and the end of short pick-up goods trains, use of the class dropped.^[3]

In the 1980s it is thought that four Y Class locomotives were on standard gauge, typically no's 101-104.

Withdrawals commenced from 1985 and large-scale scrappings commenced during 1991 and 1992.^[3]

After the mass-withdrawals of the Y fleet up to 1992, engines 101, 102, 104, 150 and 151 were on standard gauge, as 103 had been withdrawn in the late 1980s. Y101 followed in the early 90's after suffering a collision, but it was not directly replaced.

From 1995, under the newly formed V/Line Freight division, engines Y115, Y151, Y152 and Y169 were running trains on standard gauge, and locomotives Y124 and Y142 were confined to shunting at South Dynon. Within a few years Y150 had replaced Y115 on standard gauge, with the latter engine shifting to Ballarat as a yard pilot. Around the same time, Y169 replaced Y102, and Y152 replaced Y104. These two engines were stored at Newport workshops, then transferred to South Dynon's "rotten row" where they sat for about a decade.

Only two engines - Y152 and Y165 - were repainted into the V/Line Freight scheme, which was essentially the same as previous with a new decal and a lighter grey.

The 1999 sale of V/Line Freight to Freight Victoria included engines 110, 113, 115, 118-119, 121-122, 138, 150-152, 157, 165, 169, 171 and 174.^[4]

Today four are in service with V/Line as carriage yard shunters and fitted with low speed controls,^[5] with others owned by freight operator Pacific National.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Status table

Locomotive	Entered service	Current status	Name	Owner(s)
Y101 (1st order)	Tuesday, 17 September 1963	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y102	Tuesday, 17 September 1963	Stored		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), SRHC (2015)
Y103	Wednesday, 25 September 1963	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y104	Wednesday, 25 September 1963	Stored		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), SRHC (2015)
Y105	Friday, 4 October 1963	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y106	Friday, 4 October 1963	Scrapped - 1991		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y107	Tuesday, 15 October 1963	Scrapped - 1991		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y108	Tuesday, 15 October 1963	Stored		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), 707 Operations (2015)
Y109 (as Y145)	Friday, 25 October 1963	Preserved		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), 707 Operations (1996),^[9]^[10] El Zorro (2005), Yarra Valley Tourist Railway (2014)
Y110	Friday, 25 October 1963	Scrapped - 2011		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y111	Wednesday, 6 November 1963	Scrapped - 1991		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y112	Wednesday, 6 November 1963	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y113	Tuesday, 19 November 1963	Scrapped - 2011		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y114	Tuesday, 19 November 1963	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y115	Thursday, 28 November 1963	Stored		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004), Ettamogah Rail Hub (2015)
Y116	Thursday, 28 November 1963	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y117	Tuesday, 10 December 1963	Scrapped - 1991		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y118	Tuesday, 10 December 1963	Scrapped - 2015		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y119	Thursday, 19 December 1963	Stored		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004), Ettamogah Rail Hub (2015)
Y120	Thursday, 19 December 1963	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y121	Tuesday, 7 January 1964	Scrapped - 2011		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y122	Tuesday, 7 January 1964	Scrapped - 2015		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y123	Friday, 17 January 1964	Scrapped - 1991		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y124	Friday, 17 January 1964	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y125	Monday, 10 February 1964	Stored		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), DERMPAV (2015)
Y126 (2nd order)	Tuesday, 4 May 1965	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y127	Tuesday, 4 May 1965	Preserved - Operational		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), 707 Operations (????)
Y128	Saturday, 22 May 1965	Scrapped - 1988		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y129	Saturday, 22 May 1965	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Passenger (1995)
Y130	Saturday, 22 May 1965	Scrapped - 2011		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y131	Friday, 4 June 1965	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y132	Friday, 4 June 1965	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y133	Thursday, 17 June 1965	Preserved - Operational		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Seymour Railway Heritage Centre (????)
Y134	Thursday, 17 June 1965	In Service	Yoda (unofficial)	VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), EDI-Rail (????)
Y135	Sunday, 27 June 1965	Stored		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), South Gippsland Railway (????)
Y136	Sunday, 27 June 1965	In Service	James W Ryan (preserved)	VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), EDI-Rail (????)
Y137	Saturday, 10 July 1965	Preserved - Static		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), ARHS - Vic (????)
Y138	Saturday, 10 July 1965	Scrapped - 2011		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y139	Wednesday, 21 July 1965	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y140	Wednesday, 21 July 1965	Scrapped - 1996		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y141	Saturday, 31 July 1965	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y142	Saturday, 31 July 1965	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y143	Thursday, 12 August 1965	Stored		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), 707 Operations (2015)
Y144	Thursday, 12 August 1965	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y145	Thursday, 26 August 1965	Scrapped - 2014		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983); Great Northern Rail Services (1994 - frame only), El Zorro (2003)
Y146	Thursday, 26 August 1965	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y147	Thursday, 16 September 1965	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y148	Thursday, 16 September 1965	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), BlueScope Steel (????)
Y149	Saturday, 2 October 1965	Scrapped - 1996		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y150	Saturday, 2 October 1965	Scrapped - 2011		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y151 (3rd order)	Thursday, 21 December 1967	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004), Ettamogah Rail Hub (2015)
Y152	Thursday, 21 December 1967	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y153	Saturday, 13 January 1968	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y154	Saturday, 13 January 1968	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y155	Wednesday, 31 January 1968	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y156	Friday, 23 February 1968	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Passenger (1995)
Y157	Wednesday, 28 February 1968	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y158	Thursday, 14 March 1968	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y159	Thursday, 14 March 1968	Preserved - Operational		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Daylesford Spa Country Railway (????)
Y160	Wednesday, 3 April 1968	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y161	Wednesday, 3 April 1968	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Passenger (1995)
Y162	Saturday, 27 April 1968	Scrapped - 1988		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y163	Saturday, 27 April 1968	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), V/Line Passenger (1995)
Y164	Saturday, 18 May 1968	Preserved - Operational		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Steamrail Victoria (????)
Y165	Saturday, 18 May 1968	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004)
Y166	Wednesday, 5 June 1968	Scrapped - 1991		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y167	Wednesday, 5 June 1968	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y168	Tuesday, 18 June 1968	In Service		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), DERMPAV (????)
Y169	Tuesday, 18 June 1968	Stored		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004), Ettamogah Rail Hub (2015)
Y170	Saturday, 13 July 1968	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y171	Saturday, 13 July 1968	Stored		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004), Ettamogah Rail Hub (2015)
Y172	Thursday, 25 July 1968	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)
Y173	Thursday, 25 July 1968	Scrapped - 1996		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), Australian Paper Mills (may have been leased only; was painted yellow)
Y174	Thursday, 8 August 1968	Stored		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983), FV/FA (1999/2000), PN (2004), Ettamogah Rail Hub (2015)
Y175	Thursday, 8 August 1968	Scrapped - 1992		VR (Built), VicRail (1976), V/Line (1983)

References

↑ "REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS UPON DERAILMENTS ON THE VICTORIAN RAILWAY SYSTEM" (PDF). Parliament of Victoria. 1964-12-08. p. 27. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
↑ Oberg, Leon (1984). Locomotives of Australia 1850-1980s. Frenchs Forest: Reed Books. pp. 247, 248. ISBN 0 730100 05 7.
1 2 Railmac Publications (1992). Australian Fleetbooks: V/Line locomotives. Kitchner Press. ISBN 0-949817-76-7.
↑ http://www.contracts.vic.gov.au/major/29/Vline_Freight_Asset_Sale_Agreement_(07).pdf
↑ Newsrail February 1997 p.89
↑ Y Class diesel electric locomotives Mark Bau's VR website
↑ Y Class Railpage
↑ Y Class Vicsig
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050712021534/http://www.707operations.com.au/default.aspx?page=Home
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050712175233/http://www.707operations.com.au/default.aspx?page=Rollingstock

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Locomotives and rolling stock of the Victorian Railways, predecessors and successors

Melbourne & Hobson's Bay Railway Company	Pile Driver Engine (1854) First Engine - 2-2-2WT (1854) 2-4-0WT (1854) Pier Donkey No.5 - 0-4-0WT (1857) 2-4-0WT (1858), later N Class

Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company	Ariel - 0-4-0T (1855) Titania, Oberon, Typhoon & Sirocco - 2-2-2WT (1855) Hurricane & Cyclone - 2-4-0WT (1857) Goliath, Hercules, Smason & Tubal-Cain - 0-6-0WT (1855)

Melbourne & Suburban Railway Company	Hawthorn & Richmond - 2-4-0T (1860) Kew & BN#1378 - 2-4-0WT (1861)

Melbourne Railway Company	Windsor & Prahran - 2-4-0WT (1863)

Melbourne & Essendon Railway Company	Essendon (BN#458), BN#459 & BN#488 2-4-0T (1861), later SAR E Class

Melbourne & Hobson's Bay United Railway Company	Toorak, Victoria, No.16 & No.19 - 2-4-0T (1865) 4-4-0WT (1871), later C Class Pier Donkey No.24 - 0-4-0WT (1875)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, F.C. Christy period (1858-1870)	No.1 (passenger) 2-2-2, later 2-4-0 (1857) 'Old' V class (goods) 0-6-0 (1857) P class 0-6-0 (1859) J class 2-2-2, later 2-4-0 (1859) B class 2-4-0 (1861) L class 2-4-0ST (1861) O class 0-6-0 (1861) G&MRC engines 19, 21, 34-44 evens only (1960's)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, W. Meikle period (1871-1877)	No.100 2-4-0 (1872) Q class 0-6-0 (1873) No.103, No.105 & U class 0-6-0 (1873) T class 0-6-0 (1874) F class 2-4-0 (1874), later 2-4-2T (1910) K class 2-4-0 (1874) G class 4-4-0 (1877) H class 4-4-0 (1877) No.162 & No.164 4-4-0 (1877)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, S. Mirls period (1878-1890)	M class 4-4-0T (1879), later ME class 4-4-2T (1901) 'Old' R class 0-6-0 (1879) W & S class 4-6-0 (1880) Pier locomotives 0-4-0WT (1880) 'Belgian' R class 0-6-0 (1883) Locomotives for Motor service - Rowan 0-4-0T (1883) 'Old' A class 4-4-0 (1884) X class 0-6-0 (1886) N class 2-4-0WT (1886) C Class 4-4-0WT (1886) D class 4-4-0 (1887) Y class 0-6-0 (1888) 'New' A class 4-4-0 (1889) 'New' R & R^Y class 0-6-0 (1889) E class 2-4-2T (1889)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, A.D. Smith period (1877, 1890-1893)	E^E class 0-6-2T (1893) Locomotives for Motor service - Z Class 2-4-0T & 0-6-0T (1893)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, T.H. Woodroffe period (1893-1912)	V class 2-8-0 (1899) A^A class 4-4-0 (1889) M class 4-4-0T (1879), later M^E class 4-4-2T (1901) D^D class 4-6-0 (1902), D^D_E later D⁴ class 4-6-2T (1908) A² class 4-6-0 (1907) Modified tank locomotives for Motor service - N class 2-4-0WT (1895), C Class 4-4-0WT (1904), F class 2-4-2T (1910) Modified tender locomotives for Motor service - H150 4-4-0 (1908), J4, J6 2-4-0 (1908)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, W.M. Shannon period (1912-1919)	C class 2-8-0 (1918)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, A.E. Smith period (1919-1928)	D¹ class 4-6-0 (1922) , D² class 4-6-0 (1922) K class 2-8-0 (1922) N class 2-8-2 (1925) S class 4-6-2 (1928)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, N.C. Harris period (1928-1933)	D³ class 4-6-0 (1929) X class 2-8-2 (1929)

Victorian Railways steam locomotives, A.C. Ahlston period (1933-1955)	H class 4-8-4 (1941) R class 4-6-4 (1951) J class 2-8-0 (1954)

Diesel-electric	A Class Co-Co (1983) B class Co-Co (1952) C class Co-Co (1977) F class 0-6-0 (1951) G class Co-Co (1984) H class Bo-Bo (1968) N class Co-Co (1985) P class Bo-Bo (1984) S class Co-Co (1957) T class Bo-Bo (1955) V class Co-Co (2002) X class Co-Co (1966) XR class Co-Co (2002) XRB class Co-Co (2005) Y class Bo-Bo (1963)

Diesel-hydraulic	M class 0-6-0 (1959) V class 0-4-0 (1959) W class 0-6-0 (1959) CS class CargoSprinter (2002)

Rail tractor	RT class 0-4-0 (1952) LT4 0-4-0

Electric	E class Bo-Bo (1923) L class Co-Co (1953)

Railmotors	Rowan Steam Car McKeen Kerr Stuart AEC Leyland (Double Ended) Brill DERM (PERM) Walker railmotors DRC railcar Sprinter DMU VLocity DMU Trailer cars

Road transferrable locomotives	RTL class

Suburban electric	Tait Swing Door Parcels Harris Hitachi Comeng Refurbished Harris 4D double deck X'Trapolis 100 Siemens Nexas High Capacity Metro

Passenger carriages by type	Sitting cars Dining & Buffet cars Parlor, Lounge & Club cars Sleeping cars Royal and Special cars

Passenger carriages by class	Fixed wheel types 44ft Corridor type End Platform Cars 45ft Compartment type ABCL cars E type carriages H type carriages G type carriages K type carriages C & L type carriages N type carriages O type carriages P type carriages PL type carriages R type carriages S type carriages V type carriages W & U type carriages Z type carriages Joint and shared stock (SAR) O, E, Pullmans, O/J, D & K. Joint and shared stock (NSWGR) Aurora, RUB sets, VBK/VFK/1VAM, VBW/VFW, 1VHE, VFX/VFS/VRS/VFR/VAC/VHN & BP98.

Freight vehicles by type	Box vans Flat Wagons Hopper wagons Iced vans Livestock Louvre vans Open wagons Tank wagons

Freight vehicles by traffic	Ballast, Sleepers and Spoil Black Coal, Brown Coal & Briquettes Cattle Cement Powder (1, 2, 3) Coiled & Slab Steel Corpses Dolomite Explosives Fertiliser Flour, Grain & Rice Gypsum Horses Lime Mail vans Bitumen, Oil & Petroleum Perishables Quarry products Refrigerated Goods Sand Sheep Soda Ash Timber Vehicles & Vehicle Parts Water

Vans	Fixed-Wheel (D, Z vans) Power vans Bogie guards vans Mail vans

2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Narrow gauge	NA class 2-6-2T (1898) G class 2-6-0+0-6-2 (1925) Passenger carriages Freight vehicles Guards vans Other

Other	Rail tractors Crane locomotives Miscellaneous Special loads Way and Works stock Staff Accommodation

Named or significant trains	Adelaide/Melbourne Express Albury Express Ambulance Train Better Farming Train The Boat Train Display (Arts) train Funeral Trains Fruit Flyer Geelong Flyer The Gippslander The Greaser Train The Great Northern Limited Intercapital Daylight Intercoloniel Express The Jubilee Train Train of Knowledge Melbourne Express The Mildura Sunlight The Northerner The Overland RAAF Recruiting Train Reso Train Rutherglen Red Southern Aurora Spirit of Progress State Cars & Royal Trains Sunraysia Express Sydney Express The Veteran Train The Vinelander The Vintage Train The WestCoaster Wirth's Circus Train

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