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.
Z 526 Z 0-6-0T Victorian Railways, built 1893 Display Scienceworks Museum, Spotswood, Melbourne Z 256 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 in Spotswood, 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.
F 176 F 2-4-2T Phoenix Foundry 61 of 1879 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne After withdrawal by VR in 1920, F 176 survived as a privately-owned shunter at the Massey-Ferguson tractor factory until 1961.  This photo of 10 May 2003 shows F 176 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
E 236 E 2-4-2T David Munro & Co 18 of 1893 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne E 236 was originally used for suburban trains in Melbourne, prior to electrification of the suburban railways.
E 369 E 0-6-2 David Munro & Co 12 of 1892 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne E 369 was rebuilt to 0-6-2T from its original configuration as a 2-4-2T; E 236 above represents the original design.
E 371 E 0-6-2 David Munro & Co 13 of 1892 Display Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon E 371 was rebuilt to 0-6-2T from its original configuration as a 2-4-2T.  E 371 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 E 371 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 E 371 at Maldon on 30 May 2004.
T 94 T 0-6-0 Phoenix Foundry 144 of 1884 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo of 10 May 2003 shows T 94 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
Y 108 Y 0-6-0 Phoenix Foundry 226 of 1889 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo of 10 May 2003 shows Y 108 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
Y 109 Y 0-6-0 Phoenix Foundry 235 of 1889 Stored

(Converted to diesel; incomplete)

 Ballarat East Depot Y 109 was originally numbered Y 413 by VR. Y 109 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 Y 112.  The remaining components of Y 109 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 Y 109, showing the original cylinder block and sandboxes together with the mechanical transmission and driver's seat.  The diesel engine has been removed.
Y 112 Y 0-6-0 Phoenix Foundry 238 of 1889 Operational Steamrail Victoria, Ballarat East Depot Y 112 was plinthed at Ballarat during the 1970's has since been restored to operation. Y 112 features an attractive lined apple green livery and has performed various rail tours around Victoria during the 1990's.  Y 112 remains owned by the Sovereign Hill Museum and is leased by Steamrail Victoria.  Y 112 is apparently owned by the Sovereign Hill Museums Association and normally based at the Steamrail depot in Ballarat East.  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 Y 112 plinthed at Ballarat in 1979.
K 151 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Stored Steamrail Victoria, Newport I believe K 151 ended its career as a stationary boiler. K 151 is now partially stripped and stored in the depths of Newport Workshops, ostensibly for heavy spares for sister locomotives, as seen in this view of 10 May 2003. (1)
K 153 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Operational Steamrail Victoria, Newport One of 21 preserved K class locomotives! K 153 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 K 153 on railtour duty at Mooroolbark in November 1977.
K 154 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Workshop K154 Preservation Group, Newport Upon withdrawal K 154 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. K 154 was acquired by a new owner 'the K 154 Preservation Group' and the major components were road-hauled to Newport Workshops on 26 November 2005. K 154 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 K 154's history and rebuilding progress.  This photo is kindly provided by Anthony Winstone and shows K 154 in steam (together with J 515) at Newport Workshops in September 1970.
K 157 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Stored Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon K 157 has never worked at the VGR, and is displayed in the goods yard while it awaits restoration to working order. (1)  This photo shows K 157 at Maldon on 24 April 2000.
K 159 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Plinthed Hamilton Refer to the K 159 page.
K 160 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1940 Operational Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon K 160 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.
K 162 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Plinthed Yarragon K 162 is plinthed in a park at Yarragon, and numbered K 183.  K 162 was formerly operated as a railtour engine by Steamrail but the locomotive became worn-out and was swapped for K 183 (which was plinthed at Yarragon) in 1982 and re-numbered. (K 183's tender remained at Yarragon.) This photo is courtesy of John Farrell, dated 24 February 2002, and shows K 162 plinthed at Yarragon.
K 163 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Operational Mornington Railway Preservation Society, Moorooduc Refer to the K 163 page.
K 165 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo of 10 May 2003 shows K 165 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
K 167 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Plinthed Wycheproof K 167 is plinthed at Wycheproof, as seen in this photo kindly provided by John Hurst.
K 169 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Display Coal Creek Museum, Korumburra K 169 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 K 169 being ready to depart the station, although it never has!
K 174 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Stored Mornington Railway Preservation Society, Moorooduc Refer to the K 174 page.
K 175 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Plinthed Mildura K 175 is plinthed in a Mildura park.  This photo (and a second view) is kindly provided by Alex Bradford and shows K 175 plinthed at Mildura on 19 September 2006.
K 176 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Stored Seymour Railway Heritage Centre K 176 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.)  K 176 was subsequently acquired by SRHC for restoration, and is seen in this photo stored at the old Seymour roundhouse on 16 May 2004.
K 177 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Workshop Mornington Railway Preservation Society, Moorooduc Refer to the K 177 page.
K 181 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1943 Plinthed Numurkah K 181 is displayed in a park, displayed under a rebuilt station canopy as seen in this photo of July 2002.
K 183 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1943 Stored - Accident Damage Steamrail Victoria, Newport K 183 had been plinthed in a park at Yarragon, but in 1982 the locomotive unit was swapped for worn-out sister K 162 and restored for main-line excursions. (Refer also to K 162 above). This photograph is kindly provided by Gordon Ross, and shows K 183 at Nyora.  Update:  K 183 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.  K183 has since been stored damaged at Newport.
K 184 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1945 Stored Steamrail Victoria, Newport K 184 was used by Steamrail Victoria on railtour duty until 1980, but is currently stored.  This photo is kindly provided by Anthony Winstone and shows K 184 at St Albans on 16 September 1970.
K 190 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1946 Operational Steamrail Victoria, Newport K 190 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 K 190 in steam during 2003.  Here is an earlier photo of mine showing K 190 at Newport workshops in 1996, framed between two spare boilers.
K 191 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1946 Stored Mornington Railway Preservation Society, Moorooduc Refer to the K 191 page.
K 192 K 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1946 Display State Mine Museum, Wonthaggi K 192 had been plinthed in Apex Park, Wonthaggi from 1968 to 1998, where it carried the identity K 170.  In 1998 it was moved to the State Mine Museum, Wonthaggi, where it has since been returned to its original number K 192 and cosmetically restored including new boiler clothing and repainting.  Chris Thompson has kindly provided this series of photos which shows K 192 at the State Mine Museum (thumbnail) together with an alternative view and K 192 history page 1 and page 2.
J 507 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 J 507 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 J 507 at Mulwala. (The air compressor appeared to had been recently been removed, presumably to aid another restoration elsewhere.) (1)
J 512 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 J 512 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, J 512 had been fitted with spoked wheelsets from N 482 since 1969 instead of the normal J-class 'SCOA-P' wheels (57) and the old N 482 wheelsets was also Seymour; apparently a replacement set of J-class wheels have been acquired for use on J 512.  A few spare J-class tenders are also stored by Steamrail at Newport.
J 515 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6061 of 1954 Operational Seymour Railway Heritage Centre J 515 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.  J 515 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 J 515 and diesel T 357 departing Violet Town on a tour on 8 November 2003.  UPDATE: J515 has been on loan to the Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon from 2008.
J 516 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6062 of 1954 Stored Yarra Valley Tourist Railway, Healesville J 516 had been plinthed in the Melbourne suburb of Greensborough from 1975 until acquired by Healesville Railway Co-operative and transferred to Healesville in 1990.
J 524 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6070 of 1954 Plinthed Donald J 524 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 1980.
J 536 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6082 of 1954 Workshops R707 Operations, Newport J 536 is one of the 30 J class locos (J 530-J 559) which were oil burners. J 536 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)  J 536 was acquired by R 707 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 J 536 plinthed at Colac during the mid-1980's.
J 539 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6085 of 1954 Plinthed Dimboola J 539 is an oil burner. J 539 was purchased for preservation in 1974 and plinthed in the Victorian wheat belt town of Dimboola in 1975. (57) This 1986 photo shows J 539 plinthed at Dimboola.
J 541 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6087 of 1954 Operational Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon J 541 is an oil burner.  It was privately purchased for preservation in 1977 and subsequently stored at a number of locations within Victoria. (57)  J 541 had been stored (together with sister J 516) 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: J 541'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 J 541 loaded at Menzies Creek ready for road transport to Maldon.
J 549 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6095 of 1954 Workshop Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon J 549 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, J 549 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.  UPDATE: As at 2009 this locomotive was withdrawn from service and under overhaul.
J 550 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6146 of 1954 Plinthed Warragul J 550 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, J 550 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) J 550 received a repaint during March 2004 and is seen shortly after in this photo kindly provided by Gordon Ross.  J 550 is displayed with an oil-burner J-class tender, but the cylindrical oil tank has been removed from the tender.
J 556 J 2-8-0 Vulcan Foundry 6152 of 1954 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne J 556 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 J 559, which was historically significant as in December 1954 it became the last steam locomotive to enter service with VR, but unfortunately J 559 was scrapped in 1968.  This photo of 10 May 2003 shows J 556 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
C 10 C 2-8-0 Victorian Railways, built 1922 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne C 10 is displayed at the ARHS Museum at North Williamstown. Several spare C-class boilers are also in storage at Steamrail's Newport depot.
X 36 X 2-8-2 Victorian Railways, built 1929 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo of 10 May 2003 shows X 36 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
N 432 N 2-8-2 Victorian Railways, built 1951 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo of 10 May 2003 shows N 432 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
N 477 Refer to South Australian Railways locomotive 752.
H 220 H 4-8-4 Victorian Railways, built 1941 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo shows H 220 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 Victorian Goldfields Railway, Maldon D3 646 had been plinthed outside the Maryborough railway station until acquired in approximately 1994 by the VGR for eventual restoration to operation. D3 646 has been stored behind the VGR loco shed at Maldon since that time, with some components removed including the air receiver, brake gear and reverser, as seen in this photo of 25 March 2005. (1)
D3 653 D3 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1908 Plinthed Ballarat North Workshops D3 653 is plinthed at the entrance to the Ballarat North workshops and displayed in maroon livery, as seen in this photo which is kindly provided by Ashley Williams.
D3 666 D3 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1919 Plinthed King's Park, Bayswater D3 666 is plinthed in Bayswater Park in the Melbourne suburb of Bayswater, where it is displayed in red livery and kept under a weather roof as seen in this 2005 photo which is kindly provided by Michael Storer.  Chris Thompson has also provided these further views of D3 666 dated 2 December 2005 showing the left rear, left front, right front & rear view.  The tender sides have been raised during its time as a park loco, presumably to remove the risk of anyone falling from the tender coal space.
D3 671 D3 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1917 Plinthed Lismore D3 671 is plinthed in Brown's Waterhole Park, Lismore.  Chris Thompson has kindly provided this photo showing D3 671 at Lismore on 30 November 2005, together with this second view and a detail of a commemorative plate attached to the loco.
D3 677 D3 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1917 Stored Steamrail Victoria, Newport D3 677 had been plinthed in a park at Ringwood for many years until acquired by Steamrail and placed into storage at Newport.  Ostensibly the loco is kept as heavy spares for operable Steamrail loco D3 639.  (1) This photo of 10 May 2003 shows tenderless D3 677 stored at Newport Workshops.
D3 684 D3 4-6-0 Walkers Ltd, Qld, 201 of 1913 Plinthed Seymour D3 684 is plinthed in a park near to the railway station, as seen in this photo of October 2002.  The Seymour Railway Heritage Centre is nearby.
D3 688 D3 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1912 Stored Steamrail Victoria, Ballarat East Depot D3 641 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, 638 and 641, as seen in this photo of June 2000.  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.
D4 268 D4 4-6-2T Victorian Railways, built 1910 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne D4 268 s displayed at the entrance to the ARHS Museum at North Williamstown.
A2 884 A2 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1913 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne A2 884 has Stephenson valve gear, and is now the only remaining example of this earlier variant of A2. (1) This photo is courtesy of John Hurst; date: October 1988. Caption: 'A2 884 in the Williamstown Railway Museum.'
A2 964 A2 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1921 Plinthed Reservoir A2 964 is an example of the Walschaerts valve gear version of A2, and is also fitted with Boxpox wheels. A2 964 is plinthed in Edwardes Park, Reservoir, in Melbourne's northern suburbs, as seen in this photograph of August 2002.
A2 986 A2 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1915 Workshop Steamrail Victoria, Newport Walschaerts valve gear, oil burner, Boxpox wheels. Under restoration to main line operation. A2 986 had been plinthed in a park at Warragul until acquired for restoration, with J550 is now plinthed at Warragul in its place.  This photo of 10 May 2003 shows A2 986 dismantled and under restoration within the old Newport Workshops.
A2 995 A2 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1916 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne A2 995 represents the later version of A2 design including Walschaerts valve gear and smoke deflectors, and makes an interesting comparison with A2 884. (1) This photo of 10 May 2003 shows A2 995 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown.
A2 996 A2 4-6-0 Victorian Railways, built 1916 Stored Echuca

(old loco depot)

 This later version of A2 design features Walschaerts valve gear.  A2 996 had been displayed at the Echuca Wharf for many years, keeping company with the Murray River steam paddleboats that operate from this historic location.  In this capacity the loco was occasionally put into light steam, but never moved under its own power.  During the late 1980's or early 1990's the boiler clothing was removing and the loco repainted into primer as seen in this 1996 photo. In about 2002 a scheme was launched to have the locomotive restored to main line operation by the WCR and on 7 June 2004 it was towed by Y112 to the nearby old Echuca loco depot (refer to Y112 photo above).  Unfortunately this restoration initiative has now stopped and A2 996 remains stored at old Echuca loco depot, as seen in this photo kindly provided by Trevor Staats  (photo date 7 June 2004).
S S 4-6-2 Victorian Railways (Newport Workshops), built 1928-1930 Tender only Seymour Railway Heritage Centre The four members of the S-class were handsome 3-cylinder pacific locomotives built to operate the 'Spirit of Progress' express between Melbourne and Albury.  In 1937 they received streamlining and large 6-wheel bogie tenders to enable non-stop running to and from Albury. In the final years of their lives the S-class locomotives were converted to oil firing, but were replaced by first-generation diesel locomotives on the Spirit of Progress from 1952.  The S-class locomotives were quickly withdrawn and tragically all four had been scrapped by 1954.  Today all that survives are component of the large tenders, such as this grounded body seen at the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre on 16 May 2004, which still wears the 'Spirit of Progress' blue & yellow livery. A second surviving tender body is held by ARHS Vic. and was stored at Ballarat East Depot until transported to Newport in late 2004.  In addition, all four of the S- class tender underframes still exist and are scattered around Newport Workshops. Perhaps one day a complete tender will be reassembled for display?
R 700 R 4-6-4 North British 26990 of 1951 Workshop Steamrail Victoria, Ballarat East Depot R 700 is apparently owned by Steamrail Victoria, and had been stored at Newport Workshops for many years following withdrawal from VR service, as seen in this photo dated 30 November 1996.  In about 2000 this locomotive was towed to Ballarat East Depot for restoration to operation by West Coast Railway, and some dismantling work begun.  Apparently the restoration of R700 is continuing at Ballarat East Depot under Steamrail Victoria.   Here is a mid-2004 photo kindly provided by Gordon Ross showing R 700 dismantled at Ballarat East Depot.
R 704 R 4-6-4 North British 26994 of 1951 Display ARHS Museum, North Williamstown, Melbourne This photo of shows R 704 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown, bearing the special numberplate it received after its display at the Exhibition of Industrial Power, for the Festival of Britain, in Glasgow in 1951.
R 707 R 4-6-4 North British 26997 of 1951 Operational R707 Operations, Newport R 707 is preserved by R 707 Operations and wears black livery with red lining. She is named 'City of Melbourne'. This photo of 10 May 2003 shows R 707 within the old Newport Works, awaiting its next outing on a tour train.
R 711 R 4-6-4 North British 27001 of 1951 Operational Steamrail Victoria, Newport R 711 had been plinthed at Bendigo station until acquired by West Coast Railway and rebuilt, featuring various modifications including Lempor exhaust and conversion to oil firing. The loco is now named 'Spirit of Bendigo'. R 711 remains owned by the City of Greater Bendigo and is now leased by Steamrail Victoria.  Apparently this loco is owned by Bendigo City Council.   This photo is kindly provided by Gordon Ross and shows R 711 in West Coast Railway blue livery and wearing 'The Westcoaster' headboard.
R 753 R 4-6-4 North British 27043 of 1951 Stored R707 Operations, Newport R 753 has been stored at Newport workshops since withdrawn from VR service, and is now owned by R 707 Operations. In recent times R 753 has been dismantled to assess repairs.  This photo of 10 May 2003 shows R 753 dismantled within the old Newport Workshops.
R 761 R 4-6-4 North British 27051 of 1951 Operational Steamrail Victoria, Newport R 761 is operated by Steamrail Victoria and is usually based at Newport. It wears authentic black livery with red lining. (1) This photo is kindly provided by Trevor Staats and shows R 761 and R 707 doubleheading near Maryborough on 17 May 2003.  Here is an earlier photo of mine showing R761 at Bendigo during an Easter 1995 tour.
R 766 R 4-6-4 North British 27056 of 1951 Operational Hunter Valley Railway Trust R 766 had been preserved operational by Steamrail Victoria during the 1990's and wore an attractive (but non-original) maroon livery, as seen in this photo of 1996.  I understand this loco is owned by "R766 Incorporated".  R 766 was later leased to West Coast Railway for operation alongside R 711 on the 'Westcoaster' trains between Melbourne and Warrnambool. R 766 was planned to be rebuilt with various modifications, as per R 711, and is now named 'City of Bendigo'.  Update May 2005: R 766 has been leased to the Hunter Valley Railway Trust as is currently undergoing conversion to standard gauge.
2' 6" Gauge
3A (Photo required) NA 2-6-2T Victorian Railways, built 1900 Stored, dismantled Puffing Billy Railway, Belgrave, Victoria 3A was allocated to the Moe-Walhalla narrow gauge line for at least part of its operational career.  Upon withdrawal, 3A was plinthed in a park at Portsea where it sat from 1960 to 1977, when it was acquired by the Puffing Billy Railway. 3A was subsequently dismantled but the boiler was found to be in poor condition, and today the frames and cylinders are stored in the PBR's long-term storage shed at Gembrook while the wheels are stored at Emerald. I understand that a new boiler is required, together with new side tanks, cab & bunker; while restoration of 3A would be very expensive, the PBR has previously built new boilers and all platework for other members of the preserved NA fleet and thus the restoration of 3A is technically feasible. (1) 
6A NA 2-6-2T Victorian Railways, built 1901 Operational Puffing Billy Railway, Belgrave, Victoria The NA class represent a classic Baldwin design, who supplied the initial two examples of this class (NA1 and NA2).  The Victorian Railways built 15 further examples to the Baldwin design. 6A was released to traffic early in 2002 after a lengthy and thorough overhaul at the Belgrave depot. This classic photo (dated 2 April 2002, photo courtesy R. Bird) shows 6A rolling downgrade across the Monbulk Creek trestle bridge.
7A NA 2-6-2T Victorian Railways, built 1905 Operational Puffing Billy Railway, Belgrave, Victoria 7A operates out of the PBR depot at Belgrave. Green livery. Photo 12 July 2001.
8A NA 2-6-2T Victorian Railways, built 1908 Operational Puffing Billy Railway, Belgrave, Victoria 8A operates out of the PBR depot at Belgrave. 8A received a thorough overhaul during 2005-2006 and was returned to operation in October 2006.  This photo is kindly provided by Ashley Williams and shows 8A in April 1988.  Here are two further photos kindly provided by Gordon Ross showing 8A on its return to service in October 2006 (photo 1, photo 2).
12A NA 2-6-2T Victorian Railways, built 1912 Workshop Puffing Billy Railway, Belgrave, Victoria 12A operates out of the PBR depot at Belgrave.  This photo is kindly provided by Gordon Ross and shows 12A on a PBR trip to Lakeside.  12A entered the PBR workshop for a full overhaul in 2006.
14A NA 2-6-2T Victorian Railways, built 1914 Operational Puffing Billy Railway, Belgrave, Victoria 14A operates out of the depot at Belgrave. This photo is kindly provided by Gordon Ross and shows 14A on a PBR night train at Menzies Creek.
G 42 G 2-6-0 + 0-6-2 Beyer Peacock 6268 of 1926 Operational Puffing Billy Railway, Belgrave, Victoria G 41 and sister G 42 were basically a 2' 6" gauge version of the West Australian M-class Garratt, but with outside frames. Whilst G 41 was scrapped, fortunately G 42 was saved for preservation and displayed at the Menzies Creek Museum for many years.  From the late 1980's G 42 was under restoration on the Puffing Billy Railway. The boiler of the second former APC Fyansford Garratt (also a copy of the West Australian M-class; refer Australian Portland Cement No.2 below) was used in the rebuilding of G 42; the original boiler is displayed at Menzies Creek Museum.  G 42 was returned to service on 11 March 2004 when she moved under her own steam for the first time in 42 years. This photo is kindly provided by Gordon Ross and shows G 42 on a special charter on the 18th April 2004.

Norton's Steamrail Victoria Page features photos of many of these preserved locomotives.