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V56 (Stephen Cleverdon)

Locomotive numbers: V56

Model Number:
 

Type Diesel-Hydraulic
Introduced 1959
Number in class 1
Manufacturer Victorian Railways
Gauge Broad 
Axles 0-4-0
Length 6.32 m
Mass 22 t
Engine Fordson Major
Transmission  Raymond
Power 30 kW / 40 HP
Tractive effort 48 / kN
Speed 16 / ? km/h

V56 was the smallest loco (apart from the rail tractors) in the Victorian fleet, and it was used for car-shunting.

Preserved locomotives:
 

V56 ARHS-North Williamstown Museum

 
 
Loco In Service Comments
V56 1/1960 Withdrawn 1991
Preserved

 

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