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- Victorian_Railways_R_class length "23469.6".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class abstract "The R class was an express passenger steam locomotive that ran on Australia's Victorian Railways from 1951 to 1974. A long overdue replacement for the 1907-era A2 class 4-6-0, their development and construction was repeatedly delayed due to financial constraints caused by the Great Depression and later the manpower and materials shortages of World War II and the immediate postwar period.Orders eventually totalling 70 locomotives were placed with the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow. Once initial teething problems were overcome, R class locomotives proved to be a success and their power and speed enabled faster timetabled services. However, they were almost immediately superseded by mainline diesel-electric and electric locomotives on the VR from 1952 onwards. With successive orders of diesel-electric locomotives through the 1950s and 1960s gradually displacing them, all but seven of the class were withdrawn and cut up for scrap. Four of the remaining locomotives were later restored to operating condition between 1984 and 1998. These have seen use ranging from hauling special heritage train services through to substituting for modern diesel-electric locomotives on regular intercity rail services run by V/Line and West Coast Railway. Another surviving example, number R 704, was originally displayed at the Festival of Britain in 1951 and is now on permanent display at the Australian Railway Historical Society museum in North Williamstown, Victoria.".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class builder Glasgow.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class builder North_British_Locomotive_Company.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class cylinderCount "2".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class length "23.4696".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class thumbnail Victorian_Railways_R_701.jpg?width=300.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class wikiPageExternalLink R711.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class wikiPageExternalLink R766.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class wikiPageExternalLink anatomy.htm.
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- Victorian_Railways_R_class wikiPageID "8360683".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class wikiPageRevisionID "603514649".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class axleload "19".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class builder "North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class caption "Victorian Railways publicity photograph of R 701, 1951".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class cylindercount "2".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class hasPhotoCollection Victorian_Railways_R_class.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class locotenderweight "187".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class locoweight "107".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class name "Victorian Railways R class".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class numinclass "70".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class powertype "steam".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class tendercap "coal".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class tendercap "water".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class tenderweight "79".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class tractiveeffort "at 85% boiler pressure".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class weightondrivers "58".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class whytetype "4".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class wordnet_type synset-locomotive-noun-1.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class subject Category:4-6-4_locomotives.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class subject Category:NBL_locomotives.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class subject Category:Preserved_steam_locomotives_of_Australia.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class subject Category:Railway_locomotives_introduced_in_1951.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class subject Category:Victorian_Railways_locomotives.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type 4-6-4Locomotives.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type Artifact100021939.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type Container103094503.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type Conveyance103100490.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type Instrumentality103575240.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type Locomotive103684823.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type NBLLocomotives.
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- Victorian_Railways_R_class type PreservedSteamLocomotivesOfAustralia.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type RailwayLocomotivesIntroducedIn1951.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type Self-propelledVehicle104170037.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type SteamLocomotive104310018.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type Vehicle104524313.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type VictorianRailwaysLocomotives.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type WheeledVehicle104576211.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type Whole100003553.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type Locomotive.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type MeanOfTransportation.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class type Product.
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- Victorian_Railways_R_class comment "The R class was an express passenger steam locomotive that ran on Australia's Victorian Railways from 1951 to 1974. A long overdue replacement for the 1907-era A2 class 4-6-0, their development and construction was repeatedly delayed due to financial constraints caused by the Great Depression and later the manpower and materials shortages of World War II and the immediate postwar period.Orders eventually totalling 70 locomotives were placed with the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow.".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class label "Victorian Railways R class".
- Victorian_Railways_R_class sameAs m.0270qx9.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class sameAs Q7927284.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class sameAs Q7927284.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class sameAs Victorian_Railways_R_class.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class wasDerivedFrom Victorian_Railways_R_class?oldid=603514649.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class depiction Victorian_Railways_R_701.jpg.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class isPrimaryTopicOf Victorian_Railways_R_class.
- Victorian_Railways_R_class name "Victorian Railways R class".