page_title: Victorian Railways A2 class
section_title: Preservation
hierarchical_section_title: Victorian Railways A2 class / Preservation
caption_attribution_description: English: Former Victorian Railways A2 class steam locomotive, as preserved at the ARHS Railway Museum in North Williamstown, Victoria, circa 1990.
context_page_description: The A² class was an express passenger locomotive that ran on Victorian Railways from 1907 to 1963. A highly successful design entirely the work of Victorian Railways' own design office, its long service life was repeatedly extended as economic depression and war delayed the introduction of more modern and powerful replacement locomotives.
context_section_description: Only one of the original batch of 125 Stephenson A² locomotives survives; 1913-built A²884 is today preserved at the Australian Railway Historical Society Museum, along with (Walschaerts) A²995. The museum notes that A²884 ran a total 1,002,624 miles (1,613,567 km) and A²995 a total 1,270,404 miles (2,044,517 km) during their service lives.
  A²996 is preserved in Victorian regional city of Echuca by the town's wharf and A²964 is preserved in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir.
  After a 32-year-long effort, Steamrail Victoria restored A²986 to full working order as a coal burner. It first moved under steam on 30 May 2015 and entered service with Steamrail on 13/5/2017.
caption: Preserved A2 995, circa 1990
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