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B Class Co-Co diesel electric
The B class were the Victorian Railways' first diesels, and
were built by Clyde Engineering in Sydney. In 1952, the delivery
run of the class leader, B60, made history when it hauled a goods
train over the standard gauge from Sydney to Wondonga, where it
was bogie exchanged for the run to Melbourne. This was the first
time in Australia that a single engine had worked over multiple
gauges.
The B class displaced the
R
class
from The Overland and the S class from The Spirit of
Progress, the chief VR express passenger trains, and led directly
to the withdrawal of the
H
class
and S class steam locomotives.
B61
B74
B75
B84