Victorian Railways X class (diesel).html

**Victorian Railways X Class (Order 1, 2 & 3)**
Power type	General Motors EMD

Builder	Clyde Engineering, Granville (X31 to X44) Rosewater (X45 to X54)
Configuration	Co-Co
Length	18.53 m (60.8 ft)
Locomotive weight	114.00 t (1) 116.00 t (2 & 3)
Engine type	EMD 16-567E (1) EMD 16-645E (2 & 3)
Generator	EMD D 32B - D 14 (1 & 2) EMD AR10-E1-D14 (3)
Traction motors	EMD D77
Top speed	133 km/h (83 mph)
Power output	1350 kW (1840 HP) (1) 1650 kW (2240 HP) (2 & 3)
Number in class	6 (1) 8 (2) 10 (3)
Number	X31 - X36 (1) X37 - X44 (2) X45 - X54 (3)

The Victorian Railways X class mainline diesel electric locomotives were built by Clyde Engineering (now EDI Rail) from 1966,¹ with a further two orders being placed in 1970 and 1975. They saw similar use to the S class, working though to Sydney from 1982 on express passenger trains such as the Spirit of Progress.¹

X41 in the Pacific National Livery Stabled at Seymour

V/Line Freight liveried X43 in the mid 1990s

The original order of 6 locomotives were fitted with EMD 16-567E engines with a power output of 1350 kW (1840 HP), but for the second and third orders of 8 and 10 locomotives it was increased to 1650 kW (2240 HP) by the specification of updated EMD 16-645E engines.¹ Two X class locos were built to replace locomotives S314 and S316, which were destroyed in the Southern Aurora crash on 7 February 1969.

In 2004 Freight Australia rebuilt 6 locomotives, fitting them with refurbished engines from G class locomotives, enlarged radiators, and a modified cab. These locomotives have subsequently been reclassed and renumbered as the XR class. Today the X class are in service with freight operator Pacific National, with two others in service with QRNational though their purchase of the CRT Group.²

Locomotives

Locomotive	Entered service	Current Status	Current owner
First Order
X31	15 August 1966	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X32	8 September, 1966	Rebuilt as XR555	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X33	24 September, 1966	Rebuilt as XR553	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X34	5 October, 1966	Rebuilt as XR554	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X35	4 November, 1966	Rebuilt as XR551	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X36	15 November, 1966	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Second Order
X37	9 April 1970	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X38	8 May, 1970	Rebuilt as XR550	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X39	28 May, 1970	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X40	26 June, 1970	Rebuilt as XR552	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X41	9 July, 1970	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X42	7 August, 1970	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X43	20 August, 1970	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X44	11 September, 1970	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Third Order
X45	11 November 1975	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X46	4 December, 1975	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X47	24 December, 1975	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X48	24 January 1976	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X49	18 February, 1976	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X50	12 March, 1976	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X51	1 April, 1976	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X52	22 April, 1976	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
X53	19 May, 1976	In Service	QRNational
X54	10 June, 1976	In Service	QRNational

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Railmac Publications (1992). Australian Fleetbooks: V/Line locomotives. Kitchner Press. ISBN 0 949817 76 7.
^ Peter Attenborough (February 2006). "Colin Rees Transport (CRT)". Australian Model Railway Magazine 22 (256): 37.

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