Victorian Railways F Class (diesel)
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.
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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