Victorian Railways D class (1876)

{{Short description|Class of Australian 4-4-0 locomotives}}

{{About|the 1876 D class steam locomotive ("Rodgers")|the 1887 D class steam locomotive|Victorian Railways D class (1887)|the 1902 D^D class and the 1908 $\backslash mathrm\{D^D\_E\}$ steam locomotives|Victorian Railways Dd class}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox locomotive

| name = Victorian Railways D class "Rodgers"

| powertype = Steam

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| designer =

| builder = Rogers Locomotive Works, New Jersey, USA

| ordernumber =

| serialnumber = 2448, 2450

| buildmodel =

| builddate = 1876

| totalproduction = 2

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| numberrebuilt =

| whytetype = {{whyte|4-4-0}}

| gauge = {{track gauge|5ft3in|lk=on}}

| leadingdiameter = {{convert|26|in|m|3|abbr=on}}

| driverdiameter = {{convert|5|ft|m|3|abbr=on}}

| trailingdiameter =

| minimumcurve =

| wheelbase = {{cvt|40|ft|1.5|in|m}}

| length =

| width =

| height =

| axleload = {{long ton|10|15|lk=on}}{{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| page=82}}

| weightondrivers =

| locoweight = {{long ton|33|6|lk=on}}

| tenderweight = {{long ton|24|1|lk=on}}

| locotenderweight = {{long ton|57|7|lk=on}}

| tendertype =

| fueltype = Coal

| fuelcap = {{long ton| |70|lk=on}}

| watercap = {{cvt|2031|impgal|L USgal}}

| tendercap =

| sandcap =

| boiler =

| boilerpressure =

| feedwaterheater =

| firearea =

| tubearea = {{cvt|879.52|sqft|m2}}

| fluearea =

| tubesandflues =

| fireboxarea = {{cvt|88.52|sqft|m2}}

| totalsurface = {{cvt|968|sqft|m2|0}}

| superheatertype =

| superheaterarea =

| cylindercount = 2, outside

| cylindersize = {{cvt|17|×|24|in|mm|0}}

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| valvegear = Stephenson

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| valvelap =

| valvelead =

| transmission =

| maxspeed =

| poweroutput =

| tractiveeffort = {{cvt|11560|lbf|kN|lk=on|abbr=on}} at 100 psi

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| safety =

| operator = Victorian Railways

| operatorclass =

| powerclass =

| numinclass = 2

| fleetnumbers = 162, 164

| officialname = Neil, Neil's Sister

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| firstrundate = 7 August 1877

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| disposition = Both scrapped

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The D class of 1876 was the first example of American-built locomotives to be used on Victorian Railways, and among the first such engines to operate in Australia.

Both examples were scrapped.Fletcher. (2021). . Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc.{{cite book|last= Fletcher |first= David | title=Australia's Colourful American Locomotives: Their Art & Architecture 1876–1920 |publisher=Light Railway Research Society of Australia |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-909340-57-5}}