MORNINGTON RAILWAY
NEWS & COMING EVENTS:
  Next Running Day -
- Sunday 5th February 2012
  2012 Timetables Now Available
- see our web timetable for running days to December 2012
  Running Days for February 2012
- Sunday 5th February
- Sunday 12th February
- Sunday 19th February

  Little Toots Club - a new email club for kids from 4 to 16 years
  Video Clips - go to the K163 Page





T411

T411 in its new MRPS livery

 

 History and Classification of T411
 
 3rd Series Low Nose built by Clyde Engineering in Sydney in 1968.
 General Motors model 567CR.
 Power rating: 710 kilowatts or 950 horsepower.
 Cylinders: 8
 Weight: 68 ton or 69.36 tonnes.
 Maximum speed: 100km/h.
 Fuel Capacity: 3400 litres.
 Lubricating Oil Capacity: 491.4 litres
 Entered service on the 15/11/68
 Operated on broad gauge services: Local passenger services to Geelong, Kyneton and Bacchus Marsh.
 Transferred to Standard gauge on the 5/5/85.
 Operated between Melbourne and Albury.
 Withdrawn from service on the 3/7/92.
 The locomotive underwent: 2 engine changes; 1 Major overhaul; 1 rebuild after collision.
 Total distance travelled: 2,425,000km.