The Victorian Railways

Victorian Railways

The Victorian Railways operated railways in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companies failed or defaulted, the Victorian Railways was established to take over their operations...

 Y class diesel electric locomotive

Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine, a reciprocating engine operating on the Diesel cycle as invented by Dr. Rudolf Diesel...

 is a small branch line and shunting unit built by Clyde Engineering

Clyde Engineering

Clyde Engineering was the name of part of the business now known as Downer EDI Rail. Clyde Engineering were involved in the construction of railway locomotives and rolling stock, as well as larger scale engineering projects on behalf of the governments of Australia...

 (now EDI Rail

EDi Rail

Downer Rail is a rail company based in Australia. Formed by a merger of Walkers and Clyde Engineering, it is currently a division of Downer EDi...

). Three separate orders were delivered. The first reused bogies and traction motor

Traction motor

Traction motor refers to an electric motor providing the primary rotational torque of a machine, usually for conversion into linear motion ....

s from the scrapped Swing Door

Swing Door (train)

Swing doors, more commonly known as "Dogboxes" or "Doggies" are a wooden bodied Electric Multiple Unit train that operated on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....

 Electric Multiple Unit

Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...

 suburban trains.

After closure of branch lines across the state and the end of short pick-up goods trains, use of the class dropped. Withdrawals commenced from 1985 and large-scale scrappings commenced during 1991 and 1992. Today four are in service with V/Line

V/Line

V/Line is a not for profit regional passenger train and coach service in Victoria, Australia. It was created after the split-up of VicRail in 1983. V/Line is owned by the V/Line Corporation which is a Victorian State Government statutory authority...

 as carriage yard shunters, with others owned by freight operators Pacific National

Pacific National

Pacific National is one of Australia's largest private rail freight businesses. Originally a joint venture between Patrick Corporation and Toll Holdings; it is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Asciano Limited following the restructure of Toll Holdings....

 and El Zorro

El Zorro (railway)

El Zorro is a railway operator based in Victoria, Australia. It is a private company that was founded in 1999, based in Spotswood, and named by director Ray Evans who has a taste for things Spanish. . The company has three shareholders: director Ray Evans, business manager Geoff Tighe, and Lisa...

, or railway preservation and heritage railway

Heritage railway

thumb|right|the Historical [[Khyber train safari|Khyber Railway]] goes through the [[Khyber Pass]], [[Pakistan]]A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a railway that is run as a tourist attraction, in some cases by volunteers, and...

groups.

In May 2011 five Pacific National owned Y classes (Y110, Y113, Y121, Y138 and Y150) were scrapped, having been stored at the South Dynon Workshops for a number of years.

Locomotives

Locomotive	Entered service	Withdrawn	Scrapped	Current Status	Current owner
First Order
Y101	17 September 1963	19 April 1992	June, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y102	17 September, 1963	December, 1993	N/A	Stored
Y103	25 September, 1963	February, 1989	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y104	25 September, 1963		N/A	Stored
Y105	4 October, 1963	February, 1987	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y106	4 October, 1963	April, 1987	December, 1991	Scrapped	N/A
Y107	15 October, 1963	February, 1989	January, 1991	Scrapped	N/A
Y108	15 October, 1963		N/A	Stored
Y109	25 October, 1963	August, 1992	N/A	Renumbered Y145	El Zorro
Y110	25 October, 1963	February, 1999	May 2011	Scrapped
Y111	6 November, 1963	March, 1987	January, 1991	Scrapped	N/A
Y112	6 November, 1963	September, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y113	19 November, 1963		May 2011	Scrapped
Y114	19 November, 1963	April, 1987	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y115	28 November, 1963		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y116	28 November, 1963	February, 1987	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y117	10 December, 1963	August, 1988	November, 1991	Scrapped	N/A
Y118	10 December, 1963		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y119	19 December, 1963		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y120	19 December, 1963	September, 1991	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y121	7 January 1964		May 2011	Scrapped
Y122	7 January, 1964		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y123	17 January, 1964	10 March 1987	October, 1991	Scrapped	N/A
Y124	17 January, 1964		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y125	10 February, 1964		N/A	Stored
Second Order
Y126	4 May 1965	April, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y127	4 May, 1965		N/A	Preserved - Operational	707 Operations
Y128	22 May, 1965	May, 1988	December, 1988	Scrapped	N/A
Y129	22 May, 1965		N/A	In Service	V/Line Passenger
Y130	22 May, 1965	August 1992	N/A	Stored	Privately Owned
Y131	4 June, 1965	March, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y132	4 June, 1965	September, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y133	17 June, 1965	December, 1987	N/A	Preserved - Operational	Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
Y134	17 June, 1965		N/A	In Service	EDI-Rail
Y135	27 June, 1965		N/A	Preserved - Operational	South Gippsland Railway
Y136	27 June, 1965		N/A	In Service	EDI-Rail
Y137	10 July, 1965		N/A	Preserved - Static	ARHS Victoria
Y138	10 July, 1965		May 2011	Scrapped
Y139	21 July, 1965	December, 1987	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y140	21 July, 1965			Scrapped
Y141	31 July, 1965	February, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y142	31 July, 1965		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y143	12 August, 1965		N/A	Stored
Y144	12 August, 1965	August, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y145	26 August, 1965		N/A	Original Y145 scrapped. Y109 renumbered	El Zorro
Y146	26 August, 1965	January, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y147	16 September, 1965		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y148	16 September, 1965		N/A	In Service	BlueScope Steel - Long Island
Y149	2 October, 1965	July, 1992		Scrapped	N/A
Y150	2 October, 1965		May 2011	Scrapped
Third Order
Y151	21 December 1967		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y152	21 December, 1967		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y153	13 January 1968	August, 1991	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y154	13 January, 1968	August, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y155	31 January, 1968	August, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y156	23 February, 1968		N/A	In Service	V/Line Passenger
Y157	28 February, 1968		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y158	14 March, 1968	August, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y159	14 March, 1968	March, 1989	N/A	Preserved - Operational	Daylesford Spa Country Railway
Y160	3 April, 1968	April, 1989	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y161	3 April, 1968		N/A	In Service	V/Line Passenger
Y162	27 April, 1968	February, 1987	August, 1988	Scrapped	N/A
Y163	27 April, 1968		N/A	In Service	V/Line Passenger
Y164	18 May, 1968		N/A	Preserved - Operational	Steamrail Victoria
Y165	18 May, 1968		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y166	5 June, 1968	November, 1990	January, 1991	Scrapped	N/A
Y167	5 June, 1968	September, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y168	18 June, 1968	December, 1989		Preserved - Operational	Railmotor Group or El Zorro
Y169	18 June, 1968		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y170	13 July, 1968	April, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y171	13 July, 1968		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y172	25 July, 1968	April, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A
Y173	25 July, 1968			Scrapped	N/A
Y174	8 August, 1968		N/A	In Service	Pacific National - Rural and Bulk
Y175	8 August, 1968	April, 1988	January, 1992	Scrapped	N/A