An Aussie 11
Victorian Railways ordered 10 5'3" gauge shunters from English Electric in 1951, which were very similar to the BR (LMS) class11 and Netherlands 600 series which were also being built at Preston around that time.
Six identical locos were then ordered in 1952 by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria to shunt various coal yards, but these were steadily sold to VR over the years to be amalgamated into their fleet.
This example was originally SEC3 and the first to be sold to VR in 1956, it was also one of the last to be withdrawn from service in 1986, and is now preserved at the North Williamstown museum in Melbourne, seen there on 23rd March 2002. Visual differences from the class 11 include the lack of buffers, a central buckeye coupler with cowcatchers below, side safety boards covering the running gear, and of course sunshades over the cab windows!
Six of the original 16 have been preserved.
An Aussie 11
Victorian Railways ordered 10 5'3" gauge shunters from English Electric in 1951, which were very similar to the BR (LMS) class11 and Netherlands 600 series which were also being built at Preston around that time.
Six identical locos were then ordered in 1952 by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria to shunt various coal yards, but these were steadily sold to VR over the years to be amalgamated into their fleet.
This example was originally SEC3 and the first to be sold to VR in 1956, it was also one of the last to be withdrawn from service in 1986, and is now preserved at the North Williamstown museum in Melbourne, seen there on 23rd March 2002. Visual differences from the class 11 include the lack of buffers, a central buckeye coupler with cowcatchers below, side safety boards covering the running gear, and of course sunshades over the cab windows!
Six of the original 16 have been preserved.