History on the V.r J Class (V.r in Steam) 

Great video mate, very informative! I'll go watch some more!

It is funny that the N and the J were what they were because of the "need" for gauge conversion that never happened. And the J's were planned for branch lines yet arrived after the greatest destruction of branch lines in VR history. Almost every line that they were planned for was closed. So new uses had to be found for them. Yet during my life the J's and K's did well hauling goods trains on many lines that would have been suitable for heavier engines. During the twilight of steam I was at Maryborough for a week or so (September 1966)and almost all trains from there were double headed Js with only one J on the Bung Bong ballast pit service. Those services would have been hauled by a single C class four or five years earlier.

I can remember seeing the J Class locos in action hauling light goods combinations along the Warburton line during the 1960's. The red smoke deflectors were unmiss able.

Another very good video. Very educational. You are getting better every video you produce, well done!

These j class locomotive is quite interesting history of them and of course they are becoming my favorite locomotives in Victorian railways fleet

Thx for doing my suggestion

Great to hear more detail on our steamers. Looking forward to watching more.

This was a fantastic video!! The J is a personal favourite of mine, never seen one in steam yet!

Awesome video I love the J class and I want like to see a video about the R class

entertaining. is that really a picture of a victorian railways dynamometer car at 4:24? ive never seen it before. did they have any others?

Do you have permission to use all the footage used in this (and your other videos)?

Information was good, pity so much of the video was out of focus.