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#VRlocomotives
K class 2-8-0
VR needed a lighter consolidation for branch line work & general tasks. Very successful the K, survived till last days of steam. Built Newport 1922-46
#140-192
K140-149 built as #100-109 renumbered 1940

K CLASS 103 AS BUILT wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

Steam locomotive K Class [106] and carriages, [Victoria, n.d]
flickr.com/photos/8571926…
Probably 1930s

YARRA GLEN BRIDGE LOW LEVEL. WITH K CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
A K in its ' natural environment '.

BETTER FARMING TRAIN PULLED BY K CLASS LOCOMOTIVE No.109 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

K Class locomotive #152 viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE1465… via Library_Vic

K CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.100 PERSPECTIVE VIEW - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
c. 1922

K CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.165 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
Location not stated. Possibly NE Victoria.

"K" 169 and "R" Class locomotives working approximately 30 No loaded "GY" grain wagons. An extra locomotive is "banking" assisting at rear of the train.
Gold Museum Ballarat
ehive.com/collections/48…

K-class 2-8-0 type 'Consolidation' steam locomotive No.101. The K-class locomotives were built at the Newport workshops of Victorian Railways between 1922 and 1946.
Museums Victoria Collections collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/795761

Victorian Railways K Class Steam locomotive K190, hauling a commemorative train into Box Hill Station on 27th November 1982.
flickr.com/photos/1542544…

BUILDERS DRAWING K CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…

More information on the K 2-8-0
VICSIG vicsig.net/index.php?page…
K184 with a special train in the goods shed at Wahgunyah
Sunday, 25th November 1973
Photo: Andrew Blair

' Last Steam Days Geelong Victoria 1960s '
K and J class steam locomotives shunting in the railway yards and R class and many others in storage at the locomotive depot ...
youtube.com/watch?v=4Uvy8W…

VR legends the K class - K163 Mornington

youtube.com/watch?v=ti51JV…

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