32-964: Phoenix Iron Works may refer to: Australia [ edit ] Phoenix Iron Works, now Tulloch Limited , Rhodes, New South Wales United States [ edit ] Phoenix Iron Works (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania) (1855–1984) Phoenix Iron Works (Oakland, California) (founded in 1901) Phoenix Iron Works of Hartford, renamed Taylor & Fenn in 1930, Connecticut, United States; see Stackpole, Moore, and Tryon Building Phoenix Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia, United States; see Richmond, Virginia Phoenix Iron Works (Savannah, Georgia) (founded in 1873) United Kingdom [ edit ] Phoenix Works, Glasgow, Scotland; see Thomas Edington Phoenix Iron Works, Phoenix Iron Works parish , Gloucestershire, England Ireland [ edit ] Royal Phoenix Iron Works, Dublin, Ireland; see Seán Heuston Bridge See also [ edit ] Phenix Works ,
64-425: A political football with politicians demanding new lines to be built in places where traffic levels never justified it. In 1864, there was just 254 miles (409 km) of railway. The system expanded rapidly to reach 2,900 route miles (4,670 km) by 1891 and to its greatest extent of 4,755 route miles (7652 km) in 1939. The result was that by the beginning of the 20th century, no Victorian (apart from those in
96-463: A "stylised capital lettered logo with the V and the L split by a deep slashing stroke". The Victorian Railways operated a number of named passenger trains, including the: The railways also operated a number of specialist trains that were used to bring services to rural and isolated populations. These included: From 1888, the Victorian Railways began to take on a role in tourism , operating
128-697: A diesel-mechanical locomotive built by Tulloch in 1958 for use as a depot shunter. This small locomotive was believed to have been the first to be built at the Tulloch plant at Rhodes. Vehicles manufactured by Tulloch Limited include: Victorian Railways The Victorian Railways ( VR ), trading from 1974 as VicRail , was the state-owned operator of most rail transport 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,
160-580: A steel working factory located in Flémalle-Haute, Liege, Belgium Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Phoenix Iron Works . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phoenix_Iron_Works&oldid=1130890459 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
192-504: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tulloch Limited Tulloch Limited was an Australian engineering and railway rolling stock manufacturer, located at Rhodes, New South Wales . In 1885, Robert Tulloch founded Phoenix Iron Works in Pyrmont . In 1913 the business was incorporated as Tulloch's Phoenix Iron Works and relocated to Rhodes . It primarily built freight wagons for
224-793: The Bland Report of 1972, in May 1973 the Railways (Amendment) Act 1972 passed the management of the Railways from the Victorian Railways Commissioners to a Victorian Railways Board. The board could have up to seven members, with six being initially appointed. This remained until 1983 when the board was discontinued under the Transport Act 1983. The Victorian Railways operated a wide variety of locomotives and rolling stock to provide passenger and goods services. This included equipment acquired from
256-755: The New South Wales Government Railways but also built single deck electric carriages for the Sydney suburban network from 1926 until the 1957. During World War II , a number of boats were built for the Royal Australian Navy including some 120ft Motor Lighters . In April 1948 the first of four seven-carriage HUB sets was delivered. In the 1950s, it commenced building locomotives with 27 Victorian Railways W class diesel hydraulic shunters and 13 Commonwealth Railways NT class diesel locomotives delivered. In 1964, Tulloch delivered
288-753: The State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi from the Mines Department. VR also operated Newport Power Stations A and B . Other operations included railway refreshment services, road motor services for passengers, and motor transport services for goods. The railways also operated two tram routes in Melbourne , the Electric Street Railways; the St Kilda to Brighton Beach Street Railway ( 1,600 mm or 5 ft 3 in gauge) from 1906 until 1959 and
320-486: The 1970s most bogie vehicles wore the logo, until May 1983 pending the launch of V/Line. In 1974, the Victorian Railways was rebranded as VicRail, with a new logo unveiled on 12 April 1976, but the royal blue and gold image was retained until 1981, when the orange and silver "teacup" scheme was launched on locomotives, Comeng trains , and passenger carriages. This was the last livery, with V/Line launched in August 1983 with
352-607: The 1980s when new bogie wagons replaced them. By 1987, the bogie wagon fleet numbered 5000. When the Victorian Railways (now known as VicRail) was divided into two in 1983, the Metropolitan Transit Authority received the suburban electric multiple unit fleet, while the State Transport Authority took responsibility for remainder for the provision of country passenger and freight services. In 1929, D class comprising larger boilers The Victorian Railways
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#1732851410062384-528: The Department of Railways came under the authority of the Railway Commissioners, which became commonly known as Victorian Railways. The elaborate headquarters at 67 Spencer Street were opened in 1893. Victorian Railways grew to service all parts of the state, even extending some lines into New South Wales under the 1922 Border Railways Act . In the late 19th century, the railways became something of
416-598: The F class shunters, Clyde Engineering had a monopoly on Victorian diesel-electric locomotives, as the Australian licensee of General Motors EMD engines and traction motors, fitting them into locally designed bodies. Early passenger services were operated with 4 and 6 wheeled "dogbox" passenger carriages, but larger bogie rollingstock started to appear from the turn of the century. On the Melbourne suburban network electric multiple units were introduced speeding up services. Experiments were also made with various diesel and petrol railcars for use on smaller branch lines. By
448-633: The Victorian Government Tourist Bureau until it was taken over by the state government in 1959. In connection with their role of promoting tourism, the railways ran three guesthouses/ski lodges which were taken over from previous operators: the Mount Buffalo Chalet from (1925–1985), the Feathertop Bungalow (1927–1939) and Hotham Heights (1934–1951). In 1911, the Victorian Railways Commissioners assumed responsibility for
480-480: The Victorian Railways was established to take over their operations. Most of the lines operated by the Victorian Railways were of 5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 mm ). However, the railways also operated up to five 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ) narrow gauge lines between 1898 and 1962, and a 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge line between Albury and Melbourne from 1961. A Department of Railways
512-569: The Victorian Railways. Because of political turmoil in the Victorian Government , Higginbotham was one of 137 officials removed from office on Black Wednesday on 8 January 1878 when the Government was denied supply. He, like a number of other senior officers, was not reappointed. Robert Watson then took over as Engineer-in-Chief. But in 1880, a new Ministry expressed a wish to redress the injustice by re-instating Higginbotham. However, at
544-603: The final form with the arrival of the B class diesel electric locomotives in 1952. The revised logo was inspired by that of the Erie Railroad in the United States. While the Spirit of Progress carriages wore the royal blue and gold striping, the remainder of the passenger fleet wore a more plain red livery. Additional carriages did not appear in the blue and gold until the 1954 Royal Tour by HM Queen Elizabeth II . Freight stock
576-449: The first double-decker trailer cars for use in Sydney . After the success of the trailers, Tulloch built four experimental double-decker power cars in 1968, each with electrical equipment from four different manufacturers: English Electric , Toshiba , Hitachi and Mitsubishi , the latter being selected as the supplier for the S class double decker power cars. These four motor cars were each paired with modified matching trailers from
608-530: The first time. The last steam locomotive was withdrawn in 1972. In May 1973, the Railways (Amendment) Act 1972 passed the management of the Railways from the Victorian Railways Commissioners to a Victorian Railways Board. In 1974, the Victorian Railways was rebranded as VicRail, but the royal blue and gold livery used on rolling stock was retained until 1981. In 1983, VicRail was divided into two—the State Transport Authority taking responsibility for
640-551: The introduction of the streamlined Spirit of Progress passenger train, with air conditioning and all steel carriage construction. Diesel power was introduced in 1951 with ten F-class diesel-electric shunting locomotives, followed by B-class mainline diesel-electric locomotives in 1952/53. A standard gauge line connecting to the New South Wales system was constructed in 1961 allowing through trains to operate between Melbourne and Sydney , Australia's two largest cities, for
672-463: The late 1970s, country passenger services were run down, and older wooden rolling stock was now approaching their use by date. As a result, the New Deal saw modern steel carriages introduced from 1981. Early wagons were built on four wheeled under frames, but from 1871 bogie vehicles begun to appear. The last four wheeled open wagons were built in 1958, but were not scrapped in large numbers until
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#1732851410062704-719: The management of the Railways Department was initially vested in the President of the Board of Land and Works, this situation remaining until 1884. With the passing of the Victorian Railways Commissioners Act 1883, a board of four commissioners was put in charge, responsible to the Minister of Railways (the Minister of Transport from 1935 onwards). The Chairman of Commissioners of the Victorian Railways were: After
736-461: The mountain regions) was more than 25 miles (42 km) from a railway line. The period from the end of the 1930s saw a slow decline in route mileage as unprofitable branches were closed. Conversion of the Melbourne suburban system to electric operation commenced in 1919 and was completed by 1930, creating what was claimed at the time to be the world's largest electric suburban rail system. 1937 saw
768-445: The original fleet of 120, and ran as an 8-car set with the target plate S10, giving NSW the first fully double deck Electric Multiple Unit passenger train in the world. In the 1970s, the company built 10 New South Wales 1200 class railcars and 2 Victorian Railways DRC class railcars . In October 1974, Tullochs ceased trading. The Rhodes Corporate Park has been built on the former site. In 1988, Skitube Alpine Railway acquired
800-462: The private companies that built the first railways in Victoria. The majority was the fleet was broad gauge, with a specialised fleet used on the narrow gauge lines . In later years, gauge conversion was used to place stock from the main VR fleet onto standard gauge . In 1936, the company owned 590 locomotives, 38 railcars, 819 coaches, 716 brake vans and 20,945 goods wagons. The first locomotives used in
832-618: The provision of country rail and road, passenger and freight services , and the Metropolitan Transit Authority taking over suburban passenger operations. The State Transport Authority traded under the V/Line name, while the Metropolitan Transit Authority used that name until the Public Transport Corporation ("The Met") was formed in 1989. Between 1996 and 1999, V/Line and The Met were privatised. V/Line Passenger
864-496: The state were small steam locomotives , the majority being imported from the United Kingdom, with later years seeing larger units being built locally. Electric locomotives were acquired with the electrification of the suburban railways, with more powerful units acquired when the mainline to Traralgon was electrified. Dieselisation occurred from 1951, but the B class of 1952 revolutionised main line operations. Apart from
896-401: The sudden death of Higginbotham in 1880, William Elsdon took over for two years before his retirement in 1882, and Watson then returned to his former position as Engineer-in-Chief, which he held up to the time of his death. On 1 November 1883, assent was given to the Victorian Railways Commissioners Act 1883, 47 Vic., No.767, to construct, maintain and manage the state's railways. The staff of
928-480: Was created in 1856 with the first appointment of staff. British engineer, George Christian Darbyshire was made first Engineer-in-Chief in 1857, and steered all railway construction work until his replacement by Thomas Higinbotham in 1860. In late 1876, New York consulting engineer Walton Evans arranged the supply of two 4-4-0 locomotives manufactured by the Rogers Locomotive Works of New Jersey , US to
960-448: Was divided up into a number of branches, each with a set of responsibilities. These branches were reorganised a number of times, in 1962 they were: For most of the 20th century, the colours of royal blue and gold were the distinctive feature of the Victorian Railways. It was first introduced on the Spirit of Progress express train in 1937 along with the winged "VR" logo, and was refined to
992-498: Was franchised to National Express , returning to government ownership in 2002. The V/Line Freight division was sold to Freight Victoria and is now owned by Pacific National . The infrastructure is now managed by VicTrack with the interstate rail freight infrastructure leased to the Australian Rail Track Corporation . Metro Trains Melbourne now operates the suburban railway network. When first formed in 1857,
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1024-435: Was painted in a slightly different red / brown with only identifying lettering painted in white on the side. With the coming of the standard gauge line into Victoria in 1961, the Victorian Railways held a competition to find a "symbol, sign or slogan" to be carried on new freight vehicles for the line. The winner was an 18-year-old art student from Bentleigh , with the logo being a stylised VR with arrowheads on either end. By
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