![]() ![]() Despite this, their axle loads allowed them to be relegated branchline duties, where they served well as branch line passenger locomotives for the next 50 years They continued their lives on top link passenger duties across Victoria until the the late 00 years where Victoria (like the rest of the world) saw a massive boom in traffic, thus massively increasing workloads, where the Dd found itself incapable of keeping up, thus in 1907 they were replaced by the larger and more powerful A2 Class 4-6-0's. Later on they were rebuilt with higher running plates above the driving wheels and a wider cab of Canadian design, which would become standard features on future VR designs When they were first introdiced, they has a very British like appearance (then again, so did most locomotives on the VR before then) with a low running plates with splashers above the wheels and a narrow cab. The Dd Class was built with a saturated steam boiler and a Belpaire firebox. ![]() The Dd Class entered service in 1902 as a new express passenger locomotive classĢ61 Dd Class locomotives were built across the world from various manufacturers in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States At the turn of the century, the VR's fleet consisted mostly of aging 4-4-0 and 0-6-0 designs, the former were the VR's express passenger locomotives (namely the Old A, New A and Aa Class locomotives).
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