VICTORIAN X CLASS

 

December 2020 - V1

Builder  

Clyde Engineering (X Class)
Freight Australia (XR Series 1)

Wheels -  Co-Co

Length - 18.53m

Mass -  114t (1st) 166t (2nd/3rd) 124t (XR)

Power 
1460 kW / 1950HP (1st Series) 
1490kW / 2000HP (2nd, 3rd Series)
2460kW / 3300HP (XR Class)

Fleetlist: Bradly Coulter

Website: Brad Peadon

Loco	Build #	Date	Owner	Status	Livery	Current #
X31	66-484	16/08/1966	VicTrack	Operational	VR Blue	X31
X32	66-485	8/09/1966	Pacific National	Rebuilt	PN Blue	XR555
X33	66-486	24/09/1966	Pacific National	Rebuilt	PN Blue	XR553
X34	66-487	6/10/1966	Pacific National	Rebuilt	PN Blue	XR554
X35	66-488	4/11/1966	Pacific National	Rebuilt	PN Blue	XR551
X36	66-489	15/11/1966	Pacific National	Scrapped	FA Green	N/A
X37	70-700	8/04/1970	Pacific National	Stored Seymour RHC	FA Green	N/A
X38	70-701	8/05/1970	Pacific National	Rebuilt	PN Blue	XR550
X39	70-702	28/05/1970	Pacific National	Scrapped	FA Green	N/A
X40	70-703	26/06/1970	Pacific National	Rebuilt	PN Blue	XR552
X41	70-704	17/08/1970	Pacific National	Scrapped	PN Blue	N/A
X42	70-705	7/08/1970	Pacific National	Scrapped	FA Green	N/A
X43	70-706	21/08/1970	Pacific National	Scrapped	FA Green	N/A
X44	70-707	11/09/1970	Pacific National	Scrapped	FA Green	N/A
X45	75-792	12/11/1975	Regional Connect	Stored	FA Green	X45
X46	75-793	4/12/1975	Regional Connect	Stored	FA Green	X46
X47	75-794	24/12/1975	SCT	Operational	SCT	X47
X48	75-795	25/01/1976	Pacific National	Operational	PN Blue	X48
X49	75-796	18/02/1976	Pacific National	Stored	FA Green	X49
X50	75-797	11/03/1976	Pacific National	Operational	PN Blue	X50
X51	75-798	1/04/1976	SCT	Operational	SCT	X51
X52	75-799	29/04/1976	Regional Connect	Stored	FA Green	X52
X53	75-800	19/05/1976	CFCLA	Scrapped	QRN Black	N/A
X54	75-801	14/06/1976	Aurizon	Stored	QRN Black	X54

X31 T403 T404 at Ballarat loco depot.

X31 at Dynon locomotive depot.

X31 T388 EL62 on 5192 grain approaching Waratah station.

X32 at Dynon locomotive depot.

X32 X35 at Wodonga with passenger cars. 

X33 at Ballarat on passenger service.

X33 at Dynon locomotive depot.

X34 at Spencer Street station in Melbourne.

X35 on Up Geelong passenger at Footscray.

X36 at Spencer Street station in Melbourne.

X36 at Dynon locomotive depot.

X36 4503 8144 sitting at Bullock Island.

X37 at Dynon locomotive depot.

X38 and 4486 sit at the Cooks River Staff Hut with containers for Port Botany.

X38 up containers passing through Picton.

X38 4486 4716 lead everyone's favourite train, 4168 from Sandgate to Port Botany, through Bullock Island.

X39 arriving in the old Spencer Street station.

X39 S301 G543 Bendigo 1989.

X40 at Spencer Street station in Melbourne.

X40 sits at Bendigo on a mixed freight.

X40 at Spencer Street station in Melbourne.

X41 at Bendigo loco.

X42 at Spencer street Station, Melbourne.

X42 A81 pass through Footscray light engine.

X43 at Dynon locomotive depot.

X44 N460 X39 at Spencer Street station in Melbourne.

X45 X51 X54 rest at Eveleigh.

X45 4716 on 4168 to Port Botany at Islington Junction (Newcastle)

X45 G535 on 518 fuel train at Scone.

X46 8182 shunting the fuel siding at Fyshwick (Canberra)

X46 X45  Morandoo Yard (Newcastle)

X46 X51 X47 on 4124 freight at Morandoo.

X46 42110 on S2 from Melbourne at Redfern.

X46 Stored at Werris Creek.

X47 X50 X48 Muswellbrook.

X47 and X49 at Geelong.

X48 at Spencer Street station in Melbourne.

X48 S303 arrive at Spencer Street Station with 'The Overland' from Adelaide.

X48 at Dynon locomotive depot.

X48 at Dynon locomotive depot.

X48 X50 G519 8118 8107 Up light engines at Scholey Street Junction in Newcastle.

X49 at Spencer Street station in Melbourne.

X50 8218 Bullock Island

X50 T392 T388 on a grain at Hanbury Junction.

X50 8129 on 7727V at Williams Landing

X51 X52 4503 8184 on 4124 at Adamstown.

X51 S303 at Spencer Street station in Melbourne.

X51 X50 at West Tamworth.

X52 X50 8161 on the former Canberra oil train.

X52 X49 C509 at the famous Parwan Curve in Victoria.

Another outstanding lashup with X52 X46 X51 8177 and 8040 passing through Tarro on another grain train.

X53 42105 CLP12 42109 42306 sit in Broadmeadow Yard.

X53 GM36 X54 42301 in Broadmeadow yard.

X53 S300 42109 42303 on 4152 in Broadmeadow Yard

X53 at Dynon locomotive depot.

N457 X53 on The Overland at Spencer Street station in Melbourne.

X53 at Dynon locomotive depot.

X54 S311 at the now removed Wodonga locomotive depot.

X54 passing through Sunshine station with a freight.

X54 C501 T392 at Dynon locomotive depot.

A very clean X54 leading LDP001 on 4152 through Adamstown.

X54 P/P P18 at the old Spencer Street station.

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XR Class Rebuilds

XR550 in North Geelong Yard (Victoria).

XR551 (still numbered X35) with A81 at Newport.

XR552 Kensington (Victoria).

XR552 in North Geelong Yard (Victoria).

Pacific National's 9052 Grain train, whose locos (XR553/G536) were shunting their train through the AWB loader just outside Deniliquin. 9052's load of export grain was bound for Appleton Dock at the Port of Melbourne.
September 2017 - Scott Martin

XR554 in North Geelong Yard (Victoria).

XR555 in North Geelong Yard (Victoria).

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Arthur Anderson, Tony Guy Cooper, Brad Coulter Snr, late Tim Gray, John Hourigan, Scott Martin, Bob Richardson, Shawn Stutsel and Andy Warren.

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