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17 Oct, 7 tweets, 4 min read
VR 2-4-0 passenger light line
Nos. 114 to 124 (even numbers)
Built Phoenix Ballarat 1874
Later known as K class. Last (118) was scrapped in 1905

K 114 c. 1890
UON
livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/881…
Class K
Rolland, Jas. C. M., artist 1895
handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/95784
These locomotives were capable of about 30 mph maximum running.
Class K No. 114
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
Appears to be waiting to be scrapped. c. 1900-5
K 2-4-0 class diagram
slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/s…
K CLASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVE No.114 - Public Record Office Victoria wiki.prov.vic.gov.au/index.php/VPRS…
c. 1890
Phoenix Foundry in Ballarat
victoriancollections.net.au/items/55d58569…
Over 30 years (1871-1904) they built 352 locomotives for the Victorian Railways of 38 different designs.
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