No. Photo Class Wheel Arrang't Builder's No & Year Status Location Notes & References
5' 3" Gauge
2 - 0-6-0CT Dubs 2711 of 1890 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This crane tank locomotive of 5 ton crane capacity was mainly used at Newport workshops. It was written off by the Victorian Railways in February 1970. (3) This photo of 10 May 2003 shows Crane 2 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
Z526 Z 0-6-0T Victorian Railways, built 1893 Display Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne Z256 is also known as 'Polly', and was the first locomotive built at Newport workshops. It was converted from 0-6-0T to 0-6-0CT in 1903 for use at North Melbourne loco depot, where it was known as No. 3 Crane. It was  written off by VR in June 1978 but was retained for preservation.  It was reconverted to its original 0-6-0T form in 1983. (3) Polly is now displayed in lined apple green livery at the Scienceworks Museum, Melbourne, where its location makes photography very difficult. (1)  This photo is kindly provided by Anthony Winstone and shows Polly in storage at Newport Workshops in September 1970, prior to restoration to its original 0-6-0T configuration.
F176 F 2-4-2T Phoenix Foundry 61 of 1879 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne After withdrawal by VR in 1920, F176 survived as a privately-owned shunter at the Massey-Ferguson tractor factory until 1961.  This photo of 10 May 2003 shows F176 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
E236 E 2-4-2T David Munro & Co 18 of 1893 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne E236 was originally used for suburban trains in Melbourne, prior to electrification of the suburban railways.
E369 E 0-6-2 David Munro & Co 12 of 1892 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne E369 was rebuilt to 0-6-2T from its original configuration as a 2-4-2T; E236 above represents the original design.
E371 E 0-6-2 David Munro & Co 13 of 1892 Display Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon E371 was rebuilt to 0-6-2T from its original configuration as a 2-4-2T.  E371 survived as a shunter at Newport workshops into the 1970's before finding a home on the VGR.  The loco was partially dismantled at Maldon for assessment in 1992 but the report was apparently not favourable and E371 was reassembled (sans boiler cladding, most fittings and numberplates) and placed on display at Maldon station. (1)  This photo is kindly provided by Roy Bird and shows E371 at Maldon on 30 May 2004.
T94 T 0-6-0 Phoenix Foundry 144 of 1884 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo of 10 May 2003 shows T94 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
Y108 Y 0-6-0 Phoenix Foundry 226 of 1889 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo of 10 May 2003 shows Y108 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
Y109 Y 0-6-0 Phoenix Foundry 235 of 1889 Stored

(Converted to diesel; incomplete)

 Ballarat East Depot Y109 was originally numbered Y413 by VR. Y109 was sold by VR to an industrial user, where it was converted to a diesel-mechanical locomotive by removing the boiler and tender and mounting a diesel engine and transmission on the frames, and building a simple 'shed' over the frames to provide a cabin. The remnants of this loco were acquired for preservation and I believe that one wheelset was used in the restoration to operation of sister loco Y112.  The remaining components of Y109 are stored at Ballarat East Depot, as seen in this photo of 29 March 2005; three wheelsets for this loco are stored nearby but I am not sure if the brake gear and side rods also remain. Here is a further photo between the frames of Y109, showing the original cylinder block and sandboxes together with the mechanical transmission and driver's seat.  The diesel engine has been removed.
Y112 Y 0-6-0 Phoenix Foundry 238 of 1889 Operational Steamrail Victoria, Ballarat East Depot Y112 was plinthed at Ballarat during the 1970's has since been restored to operation. Y112 features an attractive lined apple green livery and has performed various rail tours around Victoria during the 1990's.  Y112 remains owned by the Sovereign Hill Museum and is leased by Steamrail Victoria.  Y112 is normally based at the Steamrail depot at Ballarat.  This photo is kindly provided by Trevor Staats and shows Y112 hauling A2 996 from Echuca Wharf to the station yard on 7 June 2004.  Here is an much earlier photograph of mine which shows Y112 plinthed at Ballarat in 1979.
K151 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Stored Steamrail Victoria, Newport I believe K151 ended its career as a stationary boiler. K151 is now partially stripped and stored in the depths of Newport Workshops, ostensibly for heavy spares, as seen in this view of 10 May 2003. (1)
K153 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Operational Steamrail Victoria, Newport One of 21 preserved K class locomotives! K153 had been under extensive overhaul by Steamrail after extensive railtour use, and was released into service in November 2003. This photo is kindly provided by Ashley Williams and shows K153 on railtour duty at Mooroolbark in November 1977.
K154 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Workshop K154 Preservation Group, Newport Upon withdrawal K154 hauled a final tour train to Sale and subsequently ran light (over temporary track) into the Gippsland Folk Museum at Moe, which recreates an early Gippsland town scene.  Here is was statically displayed but eventually became derelict in the wet Gippsland climate. K154 was acquired by a new owner 'the K154 Preservation Group' and the major components were road-hauled to Newport Workshops on 26 November 2005. K154 is now the subject to an interesting project to rebuild it as an N-class locomotive for use on mail-line tour trains, using surviving N-class components. Here is a separate page to further report K154's history and rebuilding progress.  This photo is kindly provided by Anthony Winstone and shows K154 in steam (together with J515) at Newport Workshops in September 1970.
K157 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Stored Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon K157 has never worked at the VGR, and is displayed in the goods yard while it awaits restoration to working order. (1)  This photo shows K157 at Maldon on 24 April 2000.
K159 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Plinthed Hamilton K159 had been plinthed at Hamilton until transferred in 1997 to the Mornington Railway Preservation Society, which owns several K-class locomotives. Various re-usable components were exchanged with other worn-out components, and a composite K-class locomotive returned to Hamilton Park in 1998. The plinthed locomotive at Hamilton is now made up of K 177's frames & coupled wheels, K 174's pony truck & boiler, and K 159's tender. (If the convention is followed that a locomotive takes its number from the frames, then the loco now at Hamilton is actually K177.)  A new K-class locomotive will eventually be restored by MRPS using other components from K174, K177 and the original K159; this locomotive will also be known as K159.  This photograph and a rear view are kindly provided by Alex Bradford and shows the reassembled K-class at Hamilton on 10 February 2007; apparently it bears no number plates.
K160 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Operational Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon K160 is preserved in operational condition at Maldon on the VGR.  This photo is kindly provided by Roy Bird and shows K160 shunting at Maldon station on 30 May 2004.
K162 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Plinthed Yarragon K162 is plinthed in a park at Yarragon, and numbered K183.  K162 was formerly operated as a railtour engine by Steamrail but the locomotive became worn-out and was swapped for K183 (which was plinthed at Yarragon) in 1982 and re-numbered. (K183's tender remained at Yarragon.) This photo is courtesy of John Farrell, dated 24 February 2002, and shows K162 plinthed at Yarragon.
K163 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Operational Mornington Railway Preservation Society, Moorooduc K163 had been plinthed in a park at Frankston until restored to operation in 1985 by the MRPS.  This photo is kindly provided by Gordon Ross and shows K163 in steam at Moorooduc during mid-2004; the loco is running without smoke deflectors, as was common when these locomotives were first built.  Here is an earlier photo kindly provided by Andrew Swaine, showing K163's cab interior.
K165 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo of 10 May 2003 shows K165 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
K167 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Plinthed Wycheproof K167 is plinthed at Wycheproof, as seen in this photo kindly provided by John Hurst.
K169 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Display Coal Creek Museum, Korumburra K169 and several carriages are displayed at a recreated station scene at the Coal Creek Museum, Korumburra.  Live steam piped to the whistle and cylinder drain cocks to give the impression of K169 being ready to depart the station, although it never has!
K174 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Stored Mornington Railway Preservation Society, Moorooduc K174 was plinthed in a park at Fitzroy until moved to the MRPS on 18 May 1997 and dismantled (refer to the notes on K159 above). K174 was in very poor condition, and the pony truck & boiler were used in the reassembled 'K159' now plinthed at Hamilton (see K159 notes above).  A new K-class locomotive will eventually be restored by MRPS using other components from K174, K177 and the original K159; this locomotive will also be known as K159. This photograph of 1 August 2004 is kindly provided by Roy Bird and shows the reassembled 'K159' stored at the MRPS depot at Moorooduc, in company with sister K191.
K175 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Plinthed Mildura K175 is plinthed in a Mildura park.  This photo (and a second view) is kindly provided by Alex Bradford and shows K175 plinthed at Mildura on 19 September 2006.
K176 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Stored Seymour Railway Heritage Centre K176 had been plinthed for many years at Deniliquin, NSW, and displayed on the old turntable. (Deniliquin is the terminus of a broad-gauge branch line which crosses the border from Victoria.)  K176 was subsequently acquired by SRHC for restoration, and is seen in this photo stored at the old Seymour roundhouse on 16 May 2004.
K177 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Workshop Mornington Railway Preservation Society, Mornington K177 had been displayed in a museum at Ararat before being acquired by the MRPS for restoration to operation.  K177 is now being rebuilt with components from other locos; the final loco will be made up of K 177's boiler, pony truck and tender, K 174's frames, & K 176's coupled wheels, and will be named 'City of Ararat'.  This photo is kindly provided by Gordon Ross and shows the frames and pony truck of K177 under restoration during mid-2004.
K181 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1943 Plinthed Numurkah K181 is displayed in a park, displayed under a rebuilt station canopy as seen in this photo of July 2002.
K183 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1943 Stored - Accident Damage Steamrail Victoria, Newport K183 had been plinthed in a park at Yarragon, but in 1982 the locomotive unit was swapped for worn-out sister K162 and restored for main-line excursions. (Refer also to K162 above). This photograph is kindly provided by Gordon Ross, and shows K183 at Nyora.  Update:  K183 was damaged in a tragic accident on Sunday 13 October 2002, killing three of the footplate crew and severely injuring a fourth. The accident occurred outside Benalla, when a B-Double semi trailer failed to clear a level crossing. The victims were leading members of the Victorian railway preservation scene.
K184 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1945 Stored Steamrail Victoria, Newport K184 was used by Steamrail Victoria on railtour duty until 1980, but is currently stored.  This photo is kindly provided by Anthony Winstone and shows K184 at St Albans on 16 September 1970.
K190 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1946 Operational Steamrail Victoria, Newport K190 is preserved operational by Steamrail Victoria.  During the late 1990's this locomotive wore apple green livery and was often hired to other railways.  This photo is kindly provided by James Brook from the gallery of his fine Victorian Railfan Website and shows K190 in steam during 2003.  Here is an earlier photo of mine showing K190 at Newport workshops in 1996, framed between two spare boilers.
K191 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1946 Stored Mornington Railway Preservation Society, Mornington K191 had been plinthed in a park at Wangaratta until rescued in February 2001. Here is a photo of K191 being unloaded at the MRPS depot at Moorooduc. (With thanks to Andrew Swaine for providing both photos of K191.)
K192 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1946 Display State Mine Museum, Wonthaggi K192 had been plinthed in Apex Park, Wonthaggi from 1968 to 1998, where it carried the identity K170.  In 1998 it was moved to the State Mine Museum, Wonthaggi, where it has since been returned to its original number K192 and cosmetically restored including new boiler clothing and repainting.  Chris Thompson has kindly provided this series of photos which shows K192 at the State Mine Museum (thumbnail) together with an alternative view and K192 history page 1 and page 2.
J507 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6053 of 1954 Plinthed Mulwala, NSW (near Yarrawonga, Vic) Chris Banger (57) has provided and excellent history of the J-class locomotives.  J 507 is one of the first 30 J class locos (J500-J529) which were coal burners.  While most J-class locos were scrapped between 1968 and 1970, J 507 survived a few years longer than most of her sisters after being retained as a shunter at Newport workshops from 1970 to 1972.  In 1974 J507 was delivered to Yarrawonga for preservation, and in 1981 was moved to the lakeside in a park at Mulwala, NSW ( just across the Murray River from Yarrawonga, Victoria). (57)  This photo of 28 March 2002 shows J507 at Mulwala. (The air compressor appeared to had been recently been removed, presumably to aid another restoration elsewhere.) (1)
J512 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6058 of 1954 Workshop Seymour Railway Heritage Centre J 512 is a coal burner and survived a few years longer than most of her sisters after being retained as a shunter at Newport workshops from 1970 to 1972.  In 1975 it was sold for preservation and towed to Alexandria (57) where it sat on overgrown rails in the old station yard. (1)  In 1995 the loco was transferred to Seymour for restoration to operation (57), including conversion to standard gauge for which the J-class locomotives were designed but none were ever converted.  This work includes narrowing the frames and adjusting the wheels centres on the axles.  This photo of 16 May 2004 shows the recently narrowed frame for J512 at Seymour.  Stored at the nearby old Seymour roundhouse site were the tender and boiler (together with a spare boiler from scrapped sister J509). (1) Interestingly, J512 had been fitted with spoked wheelsets from N482 since 1969 instead of the normal J-class 'SCOA-P' wheels (57) and the old N482 wheelsets was also Seymour; apparently a replacement set of J-class wheels have been acquired for use on J512.  A few spare J-class tenders are also stored by Steamrail at Newport.
J515 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6061 of 1954 Operational Seymour Railway Heritage Centre J515 is a coal burner and became the last J-class used by VR when retained for use as a shunter at Newport workshops until 1978. (57) In 1984 it was transferred to Seymour for restoration (57) becoming the founding project of the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre.  J515 has been beautifully restored to mail line operation in original black livery with red smoke-deflectors, and is now named HAROLD P. WARD.  This photo is kindly provided by Trevor Staats and shows J515 and diesel T357 departing Violet Town on a tour on 8 November 2003.
J516 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6062 of 1954 Stored Yarra Valley Tourist Railway, Healesville J516 is a coal burner.  This loco was plinthed in the Melbourne suburb of Greensborough from 1975 until acquired by Healesville Railway Co-operative and transferred to Healesville in 1990. (57) Here it was joined by J541 outside the old loco depot but little restoration activity is apparent. (1) This photo shows J516 and J541 at Healesville in October 2002.
J524 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6070 of 1954 Plinthed Donald J524 is a coal burner, and has been plinthed in a park in the Victorian wheat belt town of Donald since 1968, as seen in this photo taken in the late 1970's.
J536 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6082 of 1954 Workshops R707 Operations, Newport J536 is one of the 30 J class locos (J530-J559) which were oil burners. J536 was purchased by Colac City Council for preservation in 1970 and was plinthed at Colac station from 1972.  In 1997 it was acquired by West Coast Railway and moved to their site at the old Ballarat East Depot. (57)  J536 was acquired by R707 Operations Inc. during 2004 and transferred to Newport, where it is being dismantled for restoration. (1)  This photo is kindly provided by Trevor Staats and shows J536 plinthed at Colac during the mid-1980's.
J539 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6085 of 1954 Plinthed Dimboola J539 is an oil burner. J539 was purchased for preservation in 1974 and plinthed in the Victorian wheat belt town of Dimboola in 1975. (57) This 1986 photo shows J539 plinthed at Dimboola; more recently it has been fenced-off for safety. (1)
J541 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6087 of 1954 Operational Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon J541 is an oil burner.  It was privately purchased for preservation in 1977 and subsequently stored at a number of locations within Victoria. (57)  J541 had been stored (together with sister J516) at the Yarra Valley Tourist Railway, Healesville from the 1980's until December 2003 when it was transferred to the Menzies Creek Museum of the Puffing Billy Railway, for contact restoration. (1) UPDATE: J541's contract restoration is now complete and the loco was transferred to Maldon on 15 June 2007.  Following certification, its first day in service on the VGR was on 5 September 2007. This photo is kindly provided by Gordon Ross and shows the fully restored J541 loaded at Menzies Creek ready for road transport to Maldon.
J549 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6095 of 1954 Operational Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon J549 is an oil burner, and was sold to the Castlemaine & Maldon Preservation Society for preservation in 1979. The loco was stored at Ararat until transferred to Castlemaine in 1984 and restored to operation in 1991. (57)  As an oil burner, J549 has proven economical to fuel on the VGR as it runs on the water-contaminated tank bottoms donated by a local sump oil recycler. (1)  There are plenty of photos of this engine in operation on my VGR web site.
J550 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6146 of 1954 Plinthed Warragul J550 is an oil burner.  It had been displayed at the old Mirboo North station from 1974 until acquired by Steamrail in 1985.  After a period in storage at Newport, J550 was moved to Warragul in 1986 and plinthed in a swap for A2 986 (which had been plinthed at Warragul but is now being restored to operation at Newport).  (57) J550 received a repaint during March 2004 and is seen shortly after in this photo kindly provided by Gordon Ross.  J550 is displayed with an oil-burner J-class tender, but the cylindrical oil tank has been removed from the tender.
J556 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6152 of 1954 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne J556 is an oil burner, and has been preserved at the ARHS museum at Newport since 1968. (57) This loco is preserved with the identity and number plates of scrapped sister J559, which was historically significant as in December 1954 it became the last steam locomotive to enter service with VR, but unfortunately J559 was scrapped in 1968.  This photo of 10 May 2003 shows J556 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
 C10 C 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1922 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne C10 is displayed at the ARHS Museum at North Williamstown. There is also several spare C-class boilers in storage at Steamrail's Newport depot.
X36 X 2-8-2 Victorian Railways, built 1929 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo of 10 May 2003 shows X36 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
N432 N 2-8-2 Victorian Railways, built 1951 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo of 10 May 2003 shows N432 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
N477 Refer to South Australian Railways locomotive 752.
H220 H 4-8-4 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo shows H220 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
D2 604 D2 4-6-0 Beyer Peacock & Co 5548 of 1912 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne D2 604 is the only surviving D2 locomotive, and differs from the D3 class by having a slightly smaller boiler.  D2 604 was sold to Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd in 1956 for use as a shunter.  It was converted to oil-burning by APM & still has its converted tender, consisting of an oil-burner A2 tender tank on a D2 tender frame. This photo of 10 May 2003 shows D2 604 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
D3 608 D3 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1912 Stored Steamrail Victoria, Ballarat East Depot D3 608 had been plinthed in a park in Stawell for many years until obtained by Steamrail Victoria in the mid-1980's.  It was transferred to Ballarat for storage around this time and apparently stripped of corroded metal, including the tender tank.  In more recent years it has been stored at the Ballarat East Loco Deport, where it is seen in this photo of 29 March 2005.
D3 619 D3 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1914 Workshops Bendigo D3 619 had been plinthed at the Bendigo Railway Workshops for many years.  In the late 1990's the boiler clothing and other parts were stripped and the loco assessed for restoration for main line operation, with the intention that it would be used between Bendigo and Echuca.  This restoration initiative appears to have stalled, and D3 619 is now stored near the Bendigo Railway Station as seen in this photo of 22 March 2005.
D3 635 D3 4-6-0 Baldwin 36888 of 1911 Display  ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne D3 635 is one of only a few Baldwin locomotives surviving in Australia.  This photo of 10 May 2003 shows D3 635 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
D3 638 D3 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1916 Stored Steamrail Victoria, Ballarat East Depot D3 638 was plinthed in a park at Rosebud for many years.  In more recent times it has been stored at the Ballarat East Depot site of WCR with sisters 608, 641 and 688.  D3 638, D3 641 and D3 688 were purchased from WCR by Steamrail Victoria in late 2004 and are now stored at the Steamrail compound at Ballarat East depot.  This photo is kindly provided by Wes Barris from his excellent steamlocomotive.com website, and shows D3 638 at Ballarat in July 2000.
D3 639 D3 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1903 Operational Steamrail Victoria, Newport D3 639 was used to haul the VR Commissioner's inspection train for many years.  When the original D3 639 was withdrawn and scrapped, sister loco D3 658 was renumbered to 639 in its place. Accordingly this preserved locomotive occasionally carries the number D3 658. (1)  This photo is kindly provided by Trevor Staats and shows D3 639 in the Swan Hill yard on 20 September 2003.
D3 640 D3 4-6-0 Thompsons of Castlemaine, 1 of 1914 Display Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement D3 640 was numbered 688 when originally preserved at Swan Hill, before being returned to its original number in the 1970's by a group of rail enthusiasts.  This photo is kindly provided by Wes Barris from his excellent steamlocomotive.com website, and shows D3 640 at Swan Hill in July 2001.
D3 641 D3 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1915 Stored Steamrail Victoria, Ballarat East Depot D3 641 was plinthed in a park at Beaufort for many years.  In more recent times it has been stored at the Ballarat East Depot site of WCR with sisters 608, 638 and 688.  D3 638, D3 641 and D3 688 were purchased from WCR by Steamrail Victoria in late 2004 and are now stored at the Steamrail compound at Ballarat East depot.  This photo is kindly provided by Wes Barris from his excellent steamlocomotive.com website, and shows D3 641 at Ballarat in July 2000.
D3 646 D3 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1905 Stored