Victoria Railways rail tractor
- Victoria Railways rail tractor
Infobox Locomotive
name = Victorian Railway rail tractor
caption = RT 20 in Swan Hill, featuring Freight Australia livery
powertype = Diesel Mechanical
builder = Victorian Railways,
Newport Railway Workshops
length = 6.33 m to 6.52 m
weight = 10.4 t
enginetype = Fordson diesel
topspeed = 15 km/h
poweroutput = 40.3 hp to 51.8 hp
numinclass = 11
roadnumber = RT 1 - 54
firstrundate = 1952
The Victorian Railways rail tractors are a small shunting unit used by the Victorian Railways of Australia for moving railway wagons in at country stations and private sidings. Varying in power output and size, they are agricultural tractors on top of a four wheeled steel rail wagon frame.[cite book]
author = Railmac Publications
title = Australian Fleetbooks: V/Line locomotives
publisher = Kitchner Press
year = 1992
isbn = 0 949817 76 7 ] Unit 54 is a one off unit acquired from the Portland Harbour Trust who used it on their private siding.These shunters (except RT 54) are not fitted with air brakes but are through piped to enable them to be worked dead as part of a normal train.[cite web]
url=http://www.vline.com.au/pdf/rna/network_operating_requirements.pdf
title=Network Operating Requirements
work=V/Line ~ Network Access ~ Information Pack
publisher=www.vline.com.au
accessdate=2008-03-13] Units currently authorised to operate on Victorian tracks are RT 3-39, and RT 40,42,43, 45-53; the second group being more powerful, and all being permitted to travel at 15 km/h maximum.[ Units RT 18, 28 and 43 have been gauge converted and transferred to Sydney for use on the construction of the Epping to Chatswood railway. [cite web]
url=http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=locomotives&class=RT&orgstate=V&type=Rail%20Tractor
title=VICSIG - Locomotives - RT Class Rail Tractor
publisher=www.vicsig.net
accessdate=2008-03-13] ee also
*New South Wales X100 class
*New South Wales X200 class
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