English: Victorian Railways 5'3" gauge T H Woodroffe/N C Harris 'D3' (ex-'DD') Class express passenger 4-6-0 No.D3 635, built by Baldwin (Philadelphia), Works No.36888, in 1911 as a Class D2 (later rebuilt to a D3) and withdrawn in 1964; at the Victoria Railway Museum, North Williamstown, 2 April 2016. 261 Class 'DD's' were built in 1902-20: 28 by VR Newport, 8 by VR Ballarat, 8 by VR Bendigo, 20 by Baldwin, 20 by Walkers (Queensland), 20 by Beyer Peacock, 40 by Thompsons (Castlemaine) and 7 by Phoenix Foundry (Ballarat). In 1929 they were reclassified: 26 Woodroffe 'D1' of 1902 - unsuperheated, low running plate with splashers, narrow cab; Shannon revised 'D2' of 1914 - superheated, raised running plate without splashers, wide Canadian-type cab, larger cylinders; Shannon enlarged 'D3' of 1912 with larger 'K' Class boiler, early builds unsuperheated, later fitted with superheaters, later locos built superheated, plus 94 'D2's' rebuilt to 'D3' standard. 1 'D3' was converted to burn pulverised brown coal in 1923. The 'D3's' were more efficient, economical and faster than the earlier locos. The 'D1's' were withdrawn in 1929-41 whilst the 'D3's' were withdrawn in 1958-64. The red livery was introduced by VR Railway Commissioner Thomas Tait, formerly of the Canadian Pacific, as red was the CP's livery. When displaced by more modern main line express locos, their light axle loading enabled them to be re-allocated to branch line passenger traffic.
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