M Class

M232 (Raymond Marsh)

Locomotive numbers: M231-232

Model Number:
 

Type Diesel-Hydraulic
Introduced 1959
Number in class 2
Manufacturer Victorian Railways
Gauge Broad 
Axles Co
Length 8.45 m
Mass 31 t
Engine GM 6-71 6080
Transmission Allison CT500
Power 112 kW / 150 HP
Tractive effort 78 / 45 kN
Speed 20 / 7 km/h

The M class were used for shunting, mostly around Newport Workshops. M231 also spent some time with Brunswick Plaster Mill, on the Nowingi-Raak Plains line in northwestern Victoria.

Preserved locomotives:
 

M231 Steamrail Victoria
M232 Steamrail Victoria

 
 
Loco In Service Comments
M231 ?-1959 Withdrawn ?
Preserved - operational
M232 ?-1959 Withdrawn ?
Preserved

 

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