NEWS & COMING EVENTS:
Next Running Day -
- Sunday 5th February 2012
2012 Timetables Now Available
- see our web timetable for running days to December 2012
Running Days for February 2012
- Sunday 5th February
- Sunday 12th February
- Sunday 19th February
Little Toots Club - a new email club for kids from 4 to 16 years
Video Clips - go to the K163 Page
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K159
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K159 now on the rails at Moorooduc |
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Classification
K class
Wheel arrangement: 2-8-0. Designed for branch lines.
Coupled wheel diameter: 4ft. 6ins. or 1.37m.
Cylinders: 20ins. or 508mm x 26ins. or 660mm stroke
Total heating surface: 1,741sq ft. or 176.8 sq m
Grate area: 25.75 sq ft, or 2062 sq m.
Boiler pressure: 175psi or 1295kpa.
Engine weight: 62.35 tons or 63.4 tonnes
Tender coal capacity: 5 tons or 5.1 tonnes.
Tender water capacity: 4,200 gallons or 19,093 litres
Length: 59ft. or 18.1m.
Capable of 45mph or 73 kph
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