Latest Pics of K177s Progress

Work on K177's frame continues. It's boiler has now arrived back at M'duc. June 2007 (Photos b K. Lofhelm)

The frame of K177 is currently undergoing repair and undercoating.

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 2,062 sq m.
 Boiler pressure: 175psi or 1295kpa.
 Engine weight: 62.35 tons or 63.4 tonnes
 Tender weight: 104.6 tons or 106.692 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

 K177 HISTORY

 Built at Newport in 1941.
 Towed to Ararat for storage in July 1967.
 Placed in Langi Morgala Museum at Ararat for preservation in October 1972.
 Donated to Mornington Railway Preservation Society by Langi Morgala Museum at Ararat.
 The late Alan Batchford, President.
 Towed to Crib Point around 1989.
 Under restoration at Cerberus and since October 1998, at Moorooduc.
 To be named "City of Ararat" after restoration.