The Geelong & Melbourne Railway Company operated a total of 4 locomotives that fell under the Whyte notation of 2-2-2WT, between 1856 and 1860. Later they were operated by the Victorian Railways between 1860 and 1889.

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History

Titania and Oberon

The first 2 locomotives were built by Robert Stephenson and Company, being completed and shipped on the vessel Thames on the 1st of August 1855. The first locomotive (serial number 1006) would be named Titania and the second (serial number 1007) would be named Oberon.[1]

Titania - No.34

Sold to Victorian Railways for £2756/15 on 3 September 1860, became No.34. Used as a shunter at Williamstown Workshops in 1872. Sold to Swan Hill Shire for £800 in June 1889. Sold to H.V.McKay & Co. (Sunshine Harvester Works). Historical Society of Victoria ask to be retained on 12 September 1925. H.V.McKay & Co. presented one brass number plate to ARHS in 1949.[2][3]

Oberon - No.36

Sold to Victorian Railways for £2756/15 on 3 September 1860, became No.36. Used as a shunter at Williamstown Workshops in 1872. Sold to Riley Bros. for £500 in June 1889.[4][5]

Typhoon and Sirocco

Typhoon - No.38

Sold to Victorian Railways for £4031/15 on 3 September 1860, became No.38. Sold for use as stationary engine in 1872.[6][7]

Sirocco - No.40

Sold to Victorian Railways for £3761/15 on 3 September 1860, became No.40. Became a stationary engine at Williamstown Workshops in 1872.[8][9]

References

• Cave, N.; Buckland, J.; Beardsell, D. (2002). Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways - Volume 1 The First Fifty Years. Melbourne: ARHS. pp. 9–11, 15, 17, 94–95. ISBN 1876677384.

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