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The '''Victorian Railways G class''' was a light line passenger locomotive of the [[4-4-0]] type operated by the [[Victorian Railways]] (VR) between 1877 and 1904.
==History==
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Numbered 38 and 44, numbers vacated by two withdrawn [[Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company]] engines. Classed 'G' in 1886.<ref name="SteamLocoBook">{{harvnb|Cave|Buckland|Beardsell|2002}}</ref>
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===Production===
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Built by the [[Williamstown Workshops]] in 1877. Design was similar to the [[Victorian Railways K class (1874)|1874 K class]] in both power and weight. The four-wheel bogie instead of a fixed axle at the front reduced the maximum wheel load a little and improved lateral stability. All Meikle engines had been fitted with almost standard four-wheeled tenders, differing only in minor details, but this new design had a wheelbase of 8 feet compared with 7 feet and had a larger capacity.<ref name="SteamLocoBook" />
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===Regular service===
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Based at Castlemaine in the 1890s presumably for the Maldon line.<ref name="SteamLocoBook" />
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===Design improvements===
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Both reboilering in 1882. No.38 fitted with an extended smokebox.<ref name="SteamLocoBook" />
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===Accidents===
===Demise===
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Both scrapped in 1904.<ref name="SteamLocoBook" />
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==Fleet summary==
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!Key:
|In Service
|bgcolor=#FF6699|Stored
|bgcolor=#0099FF|Preserved
|bgcolor=#00CC00|Converted
|bgcolor=#FF6600|Under Overhaul
|bgcolor=#cecece|Scrapped
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! scope="col" | '''Locomotive'''
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! scope="col" | '''Entered service'''
! scope="col" | '''Withdrawn'''
! scope="col" | '''Scrapped'''
! scope="col" |'''Status'''
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | '''Notes'''
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| G38 || || {{dts|February 1877}} || {{dts|8 August 1904}} || || Scrapped || <ref name="SteamLocoBook" />
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==Model Railways==
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==References==
* {{cite book| author=Dee| title=Power Parade| publisher=VicRail Public Relations Division| location=Melbourne| year=1981| isbn=0-7241-3323-2|display-authors=etal}}
* {{cite book| last1=Cave| first1=N.| last2=Buckland| first2=J.| last3=Beardsell| first3=D.| title=Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways - Volume 1 The First Fifty Years| publisher=ARHS| location=Melbourne| year=2002| isbn=1876677384}}
===Specific===
{{Reflist}}
{{VRLocos}}
[[Category:4-4-0 locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1877]]
[[Category:Broad gauge locomotives in Australia|Victorian Railways G class steam (1877)]]
[[Category:Victorian Railways locomotives|G class steam (1877)]]
[[Category:Williamstown Workshops locomotives]]
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{{WP Australia|Victoria=yes|history=yes|needs-photo=yes}}
