Victorian Railways K Class K190 brings the Mitcham-Mooroolbark shuttle service into Mooroolbark, with K153 bringing up the rear.
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Victorian Railways K Class K190 brings the Mitcham-Mooroolbark shuttle service into Mooroolbark, with K153 bringing up the rear.
The 2010 Steamrail shuttle between Mooroolbark and Mitcham with Victorian Railways steam Class Ks K153 and K190.
This view has now been consigned to history. The station and the level crossings have been swept away by an elevated railway line and station.
Melbourne’s Southern Cross / Spencer Street Railway Station seems to be in perpetual gloom now that it has an overall roof. But it is a vast improvement on the open soulless expanse that came before.
A train pauses on the Puffing Billy Railway’s Paradise Valley line at the Glen Waverley MRC 2023 Exhibition.
An InterCity 125, or High Speed Train (HST), rounds one of the bends on the Cockington Green Gardens railway.
It’s not all mainline steam at Thirlmere. They have a big selection of ganger’s trolleys as well, like this Fairmont example. Fairmont Railway Motors built track equipment like this from 1915. In 1979 Harsco Track Technologies took over Fairmont.
Some random tourist block the view of the trains at the Thirlmere Railway Museum.
Behind us is 2029, a NSW Railways 2-6-4T Z-20 Class. In the background is 38 Class Pacific (4-6-2), 3820, an express passenger locomotive.
The long arm of the law finally caught up with me in Thirlmere. Here I am imprisoned in the NSW Government Railways BKD Prison Van. Four of these vans were built in 1915 and remained in service until 1975, transporting prisoners around the state.
Signage on the NSW Mail Van in the NSW Rail Museum at Thirlmere.
Steamrail’s K153 heads back to Mitcham from Mooroolbark Station, about to cross the Manchester Road level crossing.
K153 was in light steam on the Mitcham end of yesterday’s post on K190. The Victorian Railways K Class must hold some kind of record in the preservation scene with 21 of the 53 built still surviving in various states.
Victorian Railways K Class K190 running a Sunday shuttle service between Mooroolbark and Mitcham. To avoid running around fellow K Class K153 brought up the rear, ready to head back to Mitcham.