Historical information

Historic - Victorian Railways Locomotive Number Plate used on Steam Locomotive 7A

Loco: 7A
In service Saturday, 6th May 1905
Livery Maroon
Owner Puffing Billy
Gauge 762
Status Preserved - Operational

7A
Built in 1905 and painted Canadian red & dark brown, this locomotive was issued to the Wangaratta to Whitfield line and saw service on all four lines with most of its service on the Upper Fern Tree Gully to Gembrook line. It was temporarily withdrawn from service in 1958 and returned to service at Belgrave in 1962 for the reopening of this line where it has seen almost continuous service since. 1979 saw the early two-tone green colour scheme applied to this loco as a trial even though it never historically carried it, but its physical configuration was not altered accordingly. It is now painted its original livery of Canadian Pacific red & dark brown and will eventually be returned, as far a possible, to its original condition with a low bunker, narrow ash-chute, etc.

Significance

Historic - Victorian Railways Locomotive Number Plate used on Steam Locomotive 7A

Physical description

Number Plate 7A
Fabricated steel number board made by the Victorian Railways for locomotive 7A

Inscriptions & markings

7a