Category: Melbourne

2026, Melbourne, Railway 0 comments on Newport 2026 – B72

Newport 2026 – B72

Newport 2026 - B72

Victorian Railways B Class, B72, in the line-up of locos “in steam” at the Newport Railway Workshops Open Day 2026. B72 is in relatively short lived “teacup” livery (1981-5) with the stylised VR forming the teacup. The B class were the Victorian pioneer diesels, built between 1951 and 1953 by Clyde Engineering. The S Class was a development of the B Class, which was a development of the EMD F-units using a three axle (Co-Co) bogies rather the EMD 2 axle (B-B).

B72 was withdrawn in 1986 following a fire, after travelling over 3.3m miles. An extensive restoration saw her eventually  move under her own power in 2023.

  • Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
  • Taken: 7 March, 2026
  • ISO: 18
2026, Melbourne, Railway 1 comment on Newport 2026 – K190

Newport 2026 – K190

Newport 2026 - K190

Victorian Railways K Class, K190, seen in front of S301 outside of the West Block and Clock Tower at the Newport Workshops Open Day 2026. K190 is in a lined red livery – a tribute to the London, Midland and Scotland Railway (LMS).

K190 has had a few appearances on CannibalRabbit before: running a Mooroolbark-Mitcham shuttle in 2009, again in 2010, and finally when we were on-board for the Tait Shuttle between Flinders Street and Essendon in 2017.

The K Class was a light-weight 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotive, designed for branch line freight working. From an initial batch of 9 there were eventually 53 engines in operation, with 21 still in existence. The J Class was a convertible (5′ 3″ to 4′ 8½” gauge) update to the K Class

  • Aperture: ƒ/1.68
  • Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
  • Taken: 7 March, 2026
  • Focal length: 6.9mm
  • ISO: 20
2026, Melbourne, Railway 0 comments on Newport 2026 – P20

Newport 2026 – P20

Newport 2026 - P20

V/Line P Class P20 outside of the West Block of the Newport Railway Workshops during the 2026 Open Day. The P Class are a rebuild of the first series T Class, this involved a rebuild from the frames up. P20 started life as T337 in 1956 and emerged from Clyde Engineering as a P20 in 1985. Pacific National donated the loco to Seven-0-Seven Operation in 2023, who repainted her into the original V/Line Orange and Grey livery.

  • Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
  • Taken: 7 March, 2026
  • ISO: 23
2026, Melbourne, Railway 1 comment on Newport 2026 – S301 Sir Thomas Mitchell

Newport 2026 – S301 Sir Thomas Mitchell

Newport 2026 - S301 Sir Thomas Mitchell

Victorian Railways S Class, S301, basks in the sun outside the West Block at the Newport Railway Workshops Open Day 2026. S301 was donated to Steamrail by Pacific National in 2024. Like it’s steam predecessor S301 is named Sir Thomas Mitchell the Surveyor General of New South Wales. Sir Thomas, or Major Mitchell, was responsible for mapping vast tracts of south-eastern Australia in the early colonial days.

  • Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
  • Taken: 7 March, 2026
  • ISO: 20
2026, Melbourne, Railway 1 comment on Newport 2026 – Cowley Steam Traction Engine

Newport 2026 – Cowley Steam Traction Engine

Newport 2026 - Cowley Steam Traction Engine

The Cowley Steam Traction Engine outside of the West Block of the Newport Railway Workshops. The traction engine was built at Cowley’s Eureka Boiler Works in Ballarat in 1916. This is the last traction engine made in Australia. The traction engine is one of only two surviving Australian-built traction engines and the only one in working order.

  • Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
  • Taken: 7 March, 2026
  • ISO: 20
2026, Melbourne, Railway 0 comments on Newport 2026 – Steam Injector

Newport 2026 – Steam Injector

Newport 2026 - Steam Injector

A steam injector mounted just in front of the cab of a Victorian Railways steam locomotive. Davies and Metcalfe were among the original developers of the steam injector back in the 1870s. The injector forces cold water into the boiler using the exhaust gas from the boiler with no moving parts, which seems to be impossible. I was going to tag this as a lost brand – but Davies and Metcalfe are still in business servicing the UK mainline industry and heritage sector.

  • Aperture: ƒ/2.8
  • Camera: Pixel 8 Pro
  • Taken: 7 March, 2026
  • Focal length: 18mm
  • ISO: 15