K 191

Recovered from a Wangaratta park

 

This photo is kindly provided by Andrew Swaine and shows K 191 being unloaded at the MRPS depot at Moorooduc in February 2001.

(The chimney and some other fittings were removed for transport.)

K 191 was built by the Victorian Railways' Newport Workshops in 1946 as the second-last of the K-class locomotives. Innovative Boxpok diving wheels were provided for the final seven K-class locomotives and K 191 retains this distinctive feature.

Following withdrawal by the Victorian Railways, K 191 was plinthed in a park in Wangaratta.

The Mornington Railway Preservation Society acquired K 191 and road-hauled the locomotive to their Moorooduc base in February 2001.

K 191 is now dismantled and under restoration at the MRPS depot at Moorooduc.

A second view of K 191's arrival at Moorooduc in February 2001, kindly provided by Andrew Swaine.

References

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.

b

ARHS (Victorian Division) 'North Williamstown Railway Museum',

Third Edition 1968, revised 1977, reprinted 1980.

c

‘Locomotives of Australia - 1985 to 2010’

(Fifth Edition), by Leon Oberg,

published 2010 by Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd.

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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