K 192

State Mine Museum, Wonthaggi

 

K 192 displayed at the State Mine Museum, Wonthaggi on 3 December 2005.

K 192 was built by the Victorian Railways' Newport Workshops in 1946 to the successful K-class 2-8-0 locomotive design for branch-line work.  K 192 was the last of the 53 K-class locomotives constructed and has a number of refinements such as Boxpox driving wheels.

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, Wonthaggi on 3 December 2005, together with two information sheets providing a brief history for K 192 and the Victorian Railways K-class.

Another three views of K 192 at Wonthaggi on 3 December 2005.

(A railing has been added around the top of the tender tank.)

 

K 192 information sheets displayed at the State Mine Museum, Wonthaggi. 3 December 2005.

My thanks to Gordon Ross for this detail view of K 192's Boxpok wheels.

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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