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Victorian Railways F Class

F202
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	English Electric. Dick Kerr Works, Preston, England.
Build date	1951-1953
Configuration	0-6-0
UIC classification	C
Gauge	1600mm
Length	9.34 m (30 ft 8 in)
Locomotive weight	51.00 t
Engine type	English Electric 6KT
Generator	EE 801-66
Traction motors	EE 506A
Top speed	32 km/h (20 mph)
Power output	260 kW (349 hp)
Number in class	16
Number	F201–F216

The Victorian Railways F Class locomotives were 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunters. Initially the F Class classification was given to Steam Locomotive Shunters.

In 1951 the (new) F Class were the first ever diesel locomotives to be introduced to the Victorian Railways. They were ordered as part of 'Operation Phoenix', a £80 million program to rebuild a network badly run down by years of Depression-era underinvestment and wartime overutilisation.^[1]

The Victorian Railways purchased ten of these locomotives in 1951. These locomotives were built by English Electric at the Dick Kerr Works, in the United Kingdom. The design is similar to that of the British Rail Class 11 and the Nederlandse Spoorwegen 600 class.

Six identical units were purchased by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria in 1952. One of these were subsequently sold to the Victorian Railways in 1956, three more in 1959 and the remaining two in 1971. They were renumbered into the F class.

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Key:	Preserved	Scrapped

Number	Name	Original number	In service	Renumbered	Out of service	Current owner	Status	Notes
F201		F310	01951-11-1818 November 1951	01958-05-2626 May 1958	01983-12-01 December 1983		Scrapped January 1989
F202		F311	01951-09-066 September 1951	01958-05-1818 May 1958	01987-07-01 July 1987	Seymour Railway Heritage Centre	Preserved - operational	Main line registered but use limited to Seymour yard
F203		F312	01951-11-2323 November 1951	01958-05-1818 May 1958	01981-10-01 October 1981		Scrapped January 1987
F204		F313	01951-10-3131 October 1951	01958-05-1818 May 1958	01981-04-01 April 1981	707 Operations	Stored non-operational	Held as a source of spare parts.
F205		F314	01951-10-033 October 1951	01958-05-2525 May 1958	01981-12-01 December 1981		Scrapped January 1987
F206		F315	01951-09-2323 September 1951	01958-05-1818 May 1958	01981-01-01 January 1981		Scrapped June 1981
F207		F316	01951-10-077 October 1951	01958-05-1616 May 1958	01981-12-01 December 1981		Scrapped January 1987
F208	Dynon Donk	F317	01951-12-022 December 1951	01958-05-1818 May 1958	01987-07-01 July 1987	707 Operations	Preserved - operational.	Naming was unofficial. Renumbered back to F317 in preservation.
F209		F318	01951-11-2727 November 1951	01958-05-1818 May 1958	01982-03-01 March 1982		Scrapped June 01987-01-011987
F210		F319	01953-02-2323 February 1953	01958-05-1818 May 1958	01979-11-01 November 1979		Scrapped June 1981
F211	Little Trimmer	SEC3	01953-03-2323 March 1953	01956-06-1515 June 1956	01986-09-01 September 1986	Australian Railway Historical Society	Preserved - static	Renumbering date reflects transfer to VR. Naming was unofficial.
F212		SEC4	01953-04-1515 April 1953	01959-07-01 July 1959	01986-11-01 November 1986	Victorian Goldfields Railway	Preserved - operational	Renumbering date reflects transfer to VR
F213		SEC5	01953-04-1212 April 1953	01959-07-01 July 1959	01981-04-01 April 1981		Scrapped January 1981	Renumbering date reflects transfer to VR
F214		SEC6	01953-04-2929 April 1953	01959-07-01 July 1959	01979-10-01 October 1979		Scrapped June 1981	Renumbering date reflects transfer to VR
F215		SEC1	01952-01-1818 January 1952	01971-05-2929 May 1971	01983-04-01 April 1983		Scrapped 1983	Renumbering date reflects transfer to VR
F216		SEC2	01952-01-2929 January 1952	01971-05-2929 May 1971	01987-07-01 July 1987	Australian Railway Historical Society	Preserved - static	Renumbering date reflects transfer to VR. Renumbered back to SEC2 in preservation.

References [edit]

^ "ARHS Railway Museum: History 1950 - 2000". Retrieved 31 December 2006.

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