Victorian Railways V Class No. V499 was a 2-8-0 'Consolidation' type steam locomotive that was under construction.
Project[]
The Victorian Steam Locomotive Company, based in Maldon and associated with the Victorian Goldfields Railway, decided to undertake a project to build a replica of the Vauclain Compound V Class locomotives.
The locomotive was numbered V499 after the class leader, but was intended to be a representation of the V class collectively.
As of today, the project has seized and the locomotive was never finished. The cab and tender made for the locomotive were seen at the Victorian Goldfields Railway in storage in October 2023 at Maldon in Victoria, Australia.
The cab and tender stored at the VGR on October 2023