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K 163 Mornington Railway workhorse |
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This photo is kindly provided by Gordon Ross and shows K
163 in steam at Moorooduc during mid-2004; the loco is running without smoke deflectors, as was common when these locomotives were first built. |
K 163 was built at Victorian Railway's Newport Workshops in 1941.
K 163 had been plinthed in a park at Frankston until restored to operation by the MRPS in 1985. Uniquely for a park locomotives, the restoration of K 163 was largely done in situ; K 163 was still plinthed at Frankston when the restored boiler first raised steam!
Today K 163 is the regular workhorse for the Mornington Railway at Moorooduc.
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Here is an earlier photo kindly provided by Andrew Swaine, showing K 163's cab interior. |
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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