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K 157 Awaiting restoration on the Victorian Goldfields Railway |
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K 157 awaiting restoration on a turntable road at Maldon
locomotive depot.
The air compressor has been removed from
beside the smokebox, however the mounting bracket and smoke deflector cut-out
are visible.
My thanks to Chris Thompson for contribution this photo,
which is dated 29 November 2005.
K 157 was
built by the Victorian Railways' Newport Workshops in 1940 to the successful
K-class 2-8-0 locomotive design. A total of 53 K-class locomotives were
constructed for branch-line duties, with a significant number retained in
storage or for workshop shunting duties towards to end of steam traction on the
Victorian Railways.
K 157 was
acquired for preservation by the Victorian Goldfields Railway and transferred
to their Maldon base, where it has been displayed for many years in the goods
yard while it awaits restoration to working order.
A second view of K 157 resting on a newly-constructed
turntable road at Maldon locomotive depot. 29 November 2005.
An earlier scanned photo view of K 157 displayed in the
goods yard at Maldon station on 24 April 2000.
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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