K 190

Steamrail Victoria

 

This photo is provided by James Brook from the gallery of his fine Victorian Railfan Website and shows K 190 in steam during 2003.

K 190 was built by the Victorian Railways' Newport Workshops in 1943 to the successful K-class 2-8-0 locomotive design for branch-line work. 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 – with 21 examples surviving into preservation. Innovative Boxpok diving wheels were provided for the final seven K-class locomotives and K 190 retains this distinctive feature.

K 190 has been maintained and operated for many years by Steamrail Victoria as a rail tour engine and is normally shedded at Newport Workshops. During the 1990's this locomotive wore an attractive apple green livery and was hired for a period to the South Gippsland Railway.

K 190 at Newport workshops in 1996, framed between two spare boilers.

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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