May 10, 2003 · J 556 was one of sixty J-class 2-8-0 locomotives built for the Victorian Railways by Vulcan Foundry of Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire.

Vulcan Foundry 6152 of 1954, Display, ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne, J556 is an oil burner, and has been preserved at the ARHS museum at Newport ...

This crane tank locomotive of 5 ton crane capacity was mainly used at Newport workshops. It was written off by the Victorian Railways in February 1970. (3) This ...