The North East Victoria Railway

This will be the title page about the NEVR and its extended fictional story included subsidiary companies such as the Victorian Consolidated Ore Company and Eastern Hardwoods timber organisation.

The North East Victoria Railway is of course a fiction of my imagination. Aiming to set up a private railway to exploit Victorias riches a group of investors travelled Europe on a fact finding mission after hearing about the virtues of narrow gauge and after seeing the Norwegian 3'6" system they were convinced that this would be the easiest way to conquer Victorias rich North east corner, supplying goldmining towns with equipment and supplies and allowing vast tracts of good hardwood and minerals to be extracted. Their first push from 1858 was to run from what is now Port Melbourne up the Yarra to Healesville opening swathes of area for farmland and delivering supplies to the area around Warrendyte assisting with gold mining efforts there. The first train would run 1861. The new company knew that private companies building their own lines wouldn't last and they also knew they would have to build fast to beat the government if they wanted to own the lines to the north. For this early traffic Beyer Peacock were engaged and produced a group of locomotives that were extremely similar to what was ordered for Norway. Some local experimental types and other assorted imports were also built around this time but not much data from those early days survives. The next group of locomotives were built for the push through the mountains. The line would cut through to Marysville, Alexandra, Bonnie Doon to Wangaratta and then there would be a spiders web of lines around the top corner to Bright, Whitfield, Beechworth, Cudgewa and Wodonga. Of course the VR would open a much flatter and faster route via Seymour which would take away most of the main interstate traffic in time and ensured the NEVR would always be a struggling local concern. 

Traffic was good enough to get by particularly until after world war two but as with most railways the advent of the motor car seriously ate into traffic. Luckily the NEVRs early suburban lines to Hurstbridge, Lilydale and Glen Waverly along with its inner suburban System helped keep it afloat. Despite best efforts to dieselise early Clyde could not fulfill orders and Modern Steam such as the Beyer Peacock W classes and 400 Class Garratts helped ease the pain until steam could be retired. Even after Dieselisation began budget constraints meant that there were only limited numbers available and eventually complete phase out of the steam locomotives was only achieved once diesels from other systems such as the Alco 830 class and QR 1300/AN ZC class were purchased as stop gaps. Electrification through the mountains was always a pipe dream but to this day has never been achieved. The current fleet has large numbers of EMD Export G8 and G12 models in rebuilt and un-rebuilt forms which suffices for the meagre goods traffic still on offer.

Early on the company set in stone a policy of repeat ordering other railways successful designs and to that end in the following tables they will have their NEVR number if applicable and what they were an order of. 

Locomotives from the Connecting VCOC and EH companies are also listed along with any rollingstock from other industrial or preserved railways. This page is subject to change as more information becomes available 

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1 (Yarra) *	Beyer Peacock	Sutherland	1872	1901	Rebuilt as per Samson, Sold Timber Merchants, Preserved
2	Beyer Peacock	Sutherland	1872	1889	scrapped
3	Beyer Peacock	Sutherland	1873	1918	Sold
4	Beyer Peacock	Sutherland	1873	1918	Scrapped
5 Samson	Beyer Peacock	Samson	1875	1921	Sold Preserved
6	Beyer Peacock	WAGR A class	1878	1919	Rebuilt, Scrapped
7	Beyer Peacock	WAGR A class	1878	1920	Rebuilt, Sold
8	Beyer Peacock	WAGR A class	1880	1899	Accident
9	Beyer Peacock	WAGR A class	1880	1921	Rebuilt, Sold
Bogong	Baldwin	C16	1882	1903	Air braked. Sold to industry, rebuilt to American appearance for movie #74, Preserved
Hotham (2nd)	Baldwin	C16	1882	1903	Dumped in Yarra River to prevent erosion, Museum
10*	Beyer Peacock	TGR B	1884	1931	Sold, Preserved
11	Beyer Peacock	TGR B	1884	1927	Upgraded boiler ex Y, Scrapped
12	Beyer Peacock	TGR B	1884	1926	Upgraded boiler ex Y, Dismantled
13	Beyer Peacock	SAR Y Tank	1884	1917	Accident, dismantled
14	Beyer Peacock	SAR Y Tank	1885	1919	Superheated
15	Beyer Peacock	SAR Y class	1885	1959	Superheated, Preserved
16	Beyer Peacock	SAR Y class	1885	1903	Saturated, Sold to industry
17	Beyer Peacock	SAR Y class	1885	1968	Rebuilt YX
15	Beyer Peacock	SAR Y class	1887	1955	Rebuilt YX
15*	Beyer Peacock	SAR Y Tank	1887	1951	Upgraded boiler ex Y, Preserved
16	Beyer Peacock	SAR Y tank	1887	1923	Upgraded boiler ex Y, Scrapped
17		SAR Y tank	1888	1921	Sold
18		SAR Y class	1888	1960	Rebuilt Yx
19	Beyer Peacock	SAR Y class	1888	1961	Rebuilt Yx
20	Beyer Peacock	TGR A class	1892	1926	Reboilered, Dismantled
21	Beyer Peacock	TGR A class	1892	???	Reboilered, Dismantled
22 *	Neilson & Co	WAGR K class	1893	1962	Reboilered, Plinthed
23	Neilson & Co	WAGR K class	1893	1926	Reboilered, Dismantled
24	Neilson & Co	WAGR K class	1894	1926	Reboilered, Dismantled
25	Neilson & Co	WAGR K class	1894	1951	Reboilered, Dismantled
26	Avonside??
27	Baldwin	WAGR C class	1902	1952	Dismantled for spares for 28
28	Baldwin	WAGR C class	1902	1958	Museum
29	James Martin	SAR T class	1903	1961	Rebuilt/Superheated Newport, Scrapped
30	James Martin	SAR T class	1903	1965	Rebuilt/Superheated Newport, Scrapped
31	James Martin	SAR T class	1904	1960	Rebuilt/Superheated Newport , Sold
32	James Martin	SAR T class	1904	1972	Rebuilt, Superheated, preserved
33	Beyer Peacock	Silverton A	1912	1971	preserved
34	Beyer Peacock	Silverton A	1912	1964	Scrapped
35	Beyer Peacock	Silverton A	1913	1966	Plinthed
36	Beyer Peacock	Silverton A	1913	1959	Scrapped
37	Beyer Peacock	WAGR MS class	1913	1948	Dismantled. Boiler to industry
38*	Beyer Peacock	WAGR MS class	1913	1961	Sold, Museum
39	Walkers Brothers	SAR T class	1914	1957	Rebuilt/Superheated Sold
40	Walkers Brothers	SAR T class	1914	1960	Rebuilt/Superheated Scrapped
41	Walkers Brothers	SAR T class	1915	1962	Rebuilt/Superheated Scrapped
42	Walkers Brothers	SAR T class	1916	1970	Rebuilt/Superheated dismantled, ???
43	Perry Engineering	TGR Q Class	1922	1966	Reboilered, Higher pressure, Scrapped
44	Perry Engineering	TGR Q Class	1922	1977	Reboilered, Higher pressure, Dismantled
45	Perry Engineering	TGR R Class	1926		Preserved, operational
46	Perry Engineering	TGR R Class	1926	1966	dismantled
47	Perry Engineering	TGR Q Class	1926	1976	Reboilered, Higher pressure, Scrapped
48	Perry Engineering	TGR Q Class	1926	1975	Reboilered, Higher pressure, ???
49 (temp)	Newport	ASG	1944	1945	On lease
50 (temp)	Newport	ASG	1944	1945	On lease
51	Newport	ASG	1944		Purchased from CLTB, preserved
52	Clyde	ASG	1944	1966	Purchased from CLTB, Dismantled
53	Beyer Peacock	Silverton W	1951	1975	Part Owned VCOC, Preserved
54	Beyer Peacock	Silverton W	1951	1971	Part Owned VCOC, Preserved. Leased from ESET
55	Beyer Peacock	Silverton W	1951	1976	Plinthed
56	Beyer Peacock	Silverton W	1951		Preserved operational
57	Beyer Peacock	SAR 400	1952	1971	Museum
58	Beyer Peacock	SAR 400	1953		Preserved operational

 

 

 

 

Locomotive number	Builder	Class	Build date	Out Of Service	Notes
MM01 *	Malcolm Moore	Tunnelling diesel
MM02	Malcolm Moore
V *	Drewery	As per V1	1948
V	Drewery	As per V1	1948
V	Drewery	As per V1	1948
V	Drewery	As per V8	1952
V *	Drewery	As per V8	1954
V	Launceston	As per V8	1955		Owned VCCC
PE 1	???	Boxcab	1921	1931	Originally PE, converted electric, Converted to DE sale to Cockatoo Creek tramway
D1 (2nd)*	Clyde	G8 w Dynamics	1956		As Per T413 originally VCOC
DE02 *	Clyde	G8 w Dynamics	1956
DE 03*	Clyde	G8 w Dynamics	1956
DE 04	Clyde	G8 w Dynamics	1956
DE 05 *	Clyde	G8 w Dynamics	1956		Rebuilt roof profile/exhaust silencer
DE 06	Clyde	G8 w Dynamics	1957		Rebuilt roof profile/exhaust silencer
DE 07	Clyde	G8 w Dynamics	1957
DE 08	Clyde	G8 w Dynamics	1957
DE 06	Clyde	G8	1955		Ex VR
DE 07	Clyde	G8	1955		Ex VR
DE 08	Clyde	G8	1964		Ex VR
DE 09 *	Alco	830	1963		EX AN Tas 1970
DE 10	Alco	830	1963		EX AN Tas 1970
DE 11	Alco	830	1965		EX AN Tas 1970
	Alco	830	1963
	Alco	830	1963
	Alco	830	1964
	Alco	830	1964
	Alco	830	1965
DE 12 *	EE	ZC	1967		EX AN Tas
DE 13	EE	ZC	1967		EX AN Tas
DE 14	Clyde	G12C  1460/QR	1965		Rebuilt DQ
DE 15	Clyde	G12C 1460/QR	1965
DE 16	Clyde	G12C 1460/QR	1966		Rebuilt DQ
DE 17	Clyde	G12C 1460/QR	1965		Rebuilt DQ
DE 18	Clyde	G12C 1460/QR	1965		Rebuilt DQ
DE 19	Clyde	G12C 1460/QR	1965
DE 20	Clyde	JL22C	1971
DE 21	EMD/ALCO Rebuilt ESET	???	1965		Built as Alco Diesel, Repowered with 12 645C and Dynamic brake grids, New cab. On seasonal Lease ESET
DH1	Walkers	10			Owned VCCC
DH2	Walkers	QR DH			Cooks Construction CC07, Absorbed NEVR
DH3	Walkers	QR DH			Cooks Construction CC06, Absorbed NEVR
DH4	Walkers	11			Owned VCCC

 

Locomotive number	Type	Manufacturer	Notes
	Porter	LGB	Needs RC
	Porter	LGB	Needs RC
	Lyn	Bachmann	RC in progress NA styling, Leased to NEVR, mine pass loco
	Lyn	Bachmann	ESETPS locomotive, Occasional visitor to NEVR
	Steam tram	Baldwin	ESETPS locomotive, Occasional visitor to NEVR
	Thermo electric tram	AJ	ESETPS locomotive, Occasional visitor to NEVR, Not permitted on any grades
	Climax	Bachmann	EHT, Modified to be similar to 1694
4	Mabel	Accucraft	Accucraft Mabel, to be converted to Fyansford #4
4	Fyansford	Vulcan	Fyansford Vulcan
SAR 6F	4-6-0	Sharp Stewart	Scratchbuilt on LGB mech, mech to Avonside, body stored/for sale
Argentina Mogul	2-6-0	Hunslet	Model of South American Beyer Peacock copy, Mechanism requires replacement. For sale
YG	2-8-2	LGB/Magnus	Sold pending payment
8	Porter	Bachmann	Side tank
9	Porter	Bachmann	Saddle tank
14	4-6-0	Bachmann	NEVR first locomotive,
15	4-6-0	Bachmann	Built David Fletcher, New Vanderbuilt tender after old one destroyed in runaway vehicle accident, tender patterned on SAR type, no more built
15	4-6-0	Bachmann	“Annie” Bumblebee
16	2-8-0	Bachmann	Consolidation
	Artic DP railmotor	Jake	DP lookalike from Leon Kernan files
	44 Tonner	Bachmann	RC
	Battery Mines Loco	AJ	ESETPS locomotive, Occasional visitor to NEVR, Load restricted on grades