T class
Two Blue Ts, 'somewhere in Victoria'
Somewhere in Victoria
Available for immediate delivery VR - V/Line - Freight Australia T Class
Series 2 High Nose
T365 VR Blue High Nose
The 2nd series T class were delivered in the traditionally elegant VR Blue livery, and had full depth side valances
T357 at Maryborough. Alan Curtis photoPhoto: Alan Curtis
T 357 $239- limited stock

T 365 $239-

T364 V/Line Orange and Grey High Nose

With the re-organisation of the Victorian Railways into V/Line in the early 1980s a new livery was introduced, V/Line Orange and Grey. The 2nd series T class had their side valances reduced in depth when painted in V/Line Orange and Grey.
Graham Edwards photo of T362 at Geelong 15-9-86Photo: Graham Edwards
T 362 $239-
T 364 $239-
Series 3 Low Nose
T377 VR Blue Low Nose
Like the 2nd series, the 3rd series was delivered in traditional VR Blue.
T377. Robert Redman photoPhoto: Robert Redman
T 377 $239-
T 385 $239-
T387 V/Line orange and grey
The 3rd series were also repainted V/Line Orange and Grey during the 1980s
T395. Robert Redman photoPhoto: Robert Redman
T 368 $239-
T 387 $239-
T392 FA green
With the advent of privatisation during the '90s the remaining T class locos began to appear in Freight Australia Green
T 390 in Freight Australia Livery. Photo by Mat AldousPhoto: Mat Aldous
T 379 SOLD OUT
T 392 SOLD OUT
H Class
The 5 H class were specially ordered for shunting the Melbourne Hump yard and were heavier than the standard T class. When the Hump yard closed in the early '90s the H class were used on other duties but were restricted to certain main lines by their high axle load.

The H class is available in VR Blue, V/line Orange and Grey and Freight Australia Green

VR Blue H 2 SOLD OUT
Tclass H4 V/Line colours
V/Line Orange/Grey H4 $SOLD OUT
H5. Photo by Dean LinicPhoto: Dean Linic
Freight Australia Green H 5 $SOLD OUT
CK Class
Five Series 3 T class were sold to Australian National in the early 1990s and reclassified as the CK Class.
Our model features narrow steps, a modification carried out by AN.
CK2 ANGreen
CK 2.Photo: Austrains collection
CK 2 SOLD OUT
CK 5.Photo: Austrains collection
CK 5 $SOLD OUT
 
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Model specifications:
Gauge: HO 16.5mm
Scale: 1/87 3.5mm = 1ft
Dimensions: Length:
Height:
Width:
Weight:
Wheel profile: NMRA RP25 profile
Wheel dimensions: Diameter: 12mm [40"]
Width: 2.75mm
Flange: 0.75mm
Couplers: Comes with Kadee® compatible coupler fitted
DCC ready
T class: switch for the lights

To switch off the lights, remove the detachable panel around the exhaust stack. Place loco on a flat surface,
hold body firmly with one hand, pull exhaust stack with the other hand. The panel will pop free and expose
the light switch. Don't loose the panel, we don't have any spares!

T class around the turntable at Seymour. Chris Nelson photoPhoto: Chris Nelson

The Victorian Railways T class was introduced into service between August 1955 and March 1969 and displayed three distinctive bodystyles.

The first series consisted of twenty seven locomotives, numbered T 320 to T346, was known as the "Flat-top" T due to their distinctive body design.

The second series, which was slightly shorter than the first series, had a distinctive raised cab and was numbered from T347 to T359 and T361 to T366. The second bodystyle began entering service in June 1959.

As further T class entered service during the 1960s running changes took place to their appearance, resulting in T360 and T367 to T412, plus the 5 H class, being built with lower noses, to improve visibility when the loco was operating short end leading.

Similar locos also operated at the Fyansford (1 loco) and with BHP at Whyalla, SA (2 locos), though these were all 3ft 6in gauge, rather than the 5ft 3in of the Victorian Railways locos. The Fyansford loco was eventually sold to the VR after the Fyansford system closed in 1967 and was numbered (2nd) T 413 in September 1969. The first T 413 was renumbered H 1 on delivery in early 1969.

In VR days the T class hauled both Main and Branch line trains all over the Broad Gauge network, while after 1962 a number were transferred to the newly opened Standard Gauge line from Albury to Melbourne. During the 1980's the old Victorian Railways became V/Line, which meant a new livery for the surviving T class, and co-incident with repainting into the new V/Line Orange and Grey the second series received alterations to the valances along the edge of the footplate, substantially reducing the height of these items. During the early 1990s an number of third series T class were sold to Australian National, becoming their CK class, and they were repainted in AN's Green and Yellow livery.

Later on in the '90s V/Line's freight sector was privatised as Freight Victoria, (later Freight Australia) and many of the remaining T class have received FA Green. With privatisation causing great upheavals to traditional operating practices on Australia's railway, it is now possible to see T class operating in three states, Victoria, South Australia and NSW.