Summary
Alternative Name(s): Train, Scale Model.
Third size scale model of the tender of steam locomotive C1, designed and built by the Victorian Railways at the Newport Workshops in 1917, and issued to traffic (launched operative) on 9 March 1918. It had a tractive effort of 38,400 lbs (170 kN). It was dismantled on 10 August 1961, having completed 1,155,167 miles of service (1,859,061 km). It was restored by V-Line in the 1980s.
The locomotive model was used to encourage recruitment during World War I. After the War, it was exhibited in the Exhibition Building (later Royal Exhibition Building) in November 1925 as part of a children's exhibition affiliated with the Children's Welfare Association.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Transport, Engineering, Public Life & Institutions, Childhood
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ballarat Railway Station, V/Line, by Apr 1991
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Place & Date Made
Newport Workshops, Victorian Railways (VR), Newport Railway Workshops, Williamstown North, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1916-1917
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Organisation Named
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Restorer
V/Line, Newport Railway Workshops, Williamstown North, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1980
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Restorer
V/Line, Ballarat North Railway Workshops, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1986
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Place & Date Exhibited
Ballarat Railway Station, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1980s
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Model Name or Number
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Classification
Rail transport, Railways - steam power, Model steam locomotives
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Part Dimensions
271 kg (Weight)
Dimensions & Weight for Tender Model only. See parent record for overall model and case dimensions.
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Model Scale
1:3
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Keywords
Model Steam Railway Locomotives, Recruitment, Scale Models, Steam Railway Locomotives, Victorian Railways, World War I, 1914-1918, World War I Fundraising, Welfare, Children
