VR C Locomotive - SSR Pack 1

Hotbox Content Victorian Railways C Class Locomotives - SSR livery and SSR patched pack The C class locomotives were purchased by Victorian Railways for heavy freight haulage and are a variant of the WAGR L class, featuring safety cabs. The first four were used on the North East line (Melbourne to Albury), while the remaining six operated on the broad gauge Serviceton line. After infrastructure upgrades, they also ran on the Ballarat-Geelong line and from Melbourne to Adelaide starting in 1982. On 3 August 1979, C505 and C506 successfully completed a trial through-run to Adelaide, eliminating the need for border locomotive changes. This led to regular through-running starting on 12 November. In September 1988, two C class locomotives were transferred to the standard gauge to operate to Sydney. When the Melbourne-Adelaide railway underwent gauge conversion, all broad gauge units were converted to standard gauge and used on the Melbourne-Parkes route until the line reopened in July 1995.