#VRlocomotives
V class 2-8-0
#499 Baldwin USA 1900
#501 - 529 Phoenix Ballarat 1901-2
Compounds converted to simple expansion 1912-13
Renumbered 200 - 215
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 2-8-0 SIDE VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
The V class were the first all line freight locomotive that were not 0-6-0. Were used on passenger services, particularly UFG. V 499 (200) was the last of the class to be scrapped in 1930.
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ON RAILWAY BRIDGE ON NOOJEE LINE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
V class were common on the hilly Gippsland lines.
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 2-8-0 (OPENING OF WARBURTON LINE 1901????) - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Line opened 1901. Compound cylinders prominent.
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.509 ON FIRST WATER TRAIN TO MALLEE NEAR MARYBOROUGH 1902 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
V CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE Nos.525, 213 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Not dated but after the conversion from compound to simple expansion. Probably shortly after conversion ? c. 1915. V 525 renumbered to V 213
NAR oft under recognised for its contribution particularly in WW2
Monument Australia monumentaustralia.org.au/display/80164-…
Lest We Forget ..
As many as 247 trains ran per week in 1944.
Incredible for an aging fleet of steam loco second hand from WA and Qld, SA. They soldiered on!
Ryan Park, Katherine
This plaque acknowledges the contribution made by many civilians in the development and operations of the NORTH AUSTRALIA RAILWAY in the Katherine region through peace and war monumentaustralia.org.au/display/98030-…
G'day Ozlings 😷🌛👻🥊
L1 🚲 sprint 🔥
27.2⁰C in the fun palace 🥳
Digger says "Oz day, we be on the flier Bro hey!"
Hey macro buddy we.got.this. 🚀 #homegym
🟢 GREEN !!
Live from the fun palace 🥳
Ozbob's Oz day message 🤠
Colac - Beech Forest - Crowes VR 2' 6" railway
Some old photographs in my Grandfather's collection. Not the best quality but hope of some interest.
On this occasion a NA was doing the honours.
Ferguson (127 1/2 miles) was on the Beech Forest - Crowes line.
P G Dow c. 1940s. 1/n
NA at Crowes (130 miles)
View from Crowes station
Most southern railway station on Oz mainland
Bass Strait in the distance
G'day Ozlings 😷🌛👻🥊
P12 🚲 hill interval train-ing 🤠
26.7⁰C in the fun palace 🥳
Digger says "Pace the race hey Bro .."
Yo macro buddy, first place 👍 #homegym
🟢 Rollin' ..
SA and Vic
Steam ..
Pace ... 🥊 #winningwithpurpose
Don't be a gunna, gunnas don't do ...😄
🔬🧠🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌
G'day Ozlings 😷🌛👻🥊
P11 🚲 mole hill and mountain 🏔️
25.0⁰C in the train-ing room ⛷️
Digger says "Go higher Bro!"
Hearing you macro buddy, set the centre set the side 👍 #homegym
🔴 RED ! Flier running late ...
🟢 Rollin' ..