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K 165 ARHS Museum, North Williamstown |
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K 165 displayed at the ARHS museum at North Williamstown on
10 May 2003.
K 165 was built by the Victorian Railways' Newport Workshops in 1941 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 165 is displayed among the locomotive exhibits at the Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) museum at North Williamstown.
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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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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