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K 151 Oldest of the surviving K-class |
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K 151 lurking stripped and tenderless in the gloom at the
rear of Newport Workshops on 10 May 2003.
(Unfortunately my camera wasn't
really up to the low light conditions.)
K 151 was
built by the Victorian Railways' Newport Workshops in 1940 to the successful
K-class 2-8-0 locomotive design for branch-line work.
I believe K
151 ended its career as a stationary boiler. It is now owned by Steamrail
Victoria and stored stripped and tenderless in the depths of Newport Workshops,
ostensibly as a potential donor of heavy spares for sister K-class locomotives
which are preserved in working order.
References
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a |
‘A brief
history of Preserved Rolling Stock of Victoria’ by
Norm Bray, Peter J Vincent and Daryl M Gregory. Published by
Brief History Books, PO Box 437, Sunbury, Vic 3429. |
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ARHS
(Victorian Division) 'North Williamstown Railway Museum', Third
Edition 1968, revised 1977, reprinted 1980. |
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‘Locomotives
of Australia - 1985 to 2010’ (Fifth
Edition), by Leon Oberg, published
2010 by Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd. |
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d |
Wikipedia
page for VR K-class locomotives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_K_class Retrieved
21 February 2023 |
Page updated: 21 February 2023
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