Built by the Williamstown Workshops in 1877. Design was similar to the 1874 K class in both power and weight. The four-wheel bogie instead of a fixed axle at the front reduced the maximum wheel load a little and improved lateral stability. All Meikle engines had been fitted with almost standard four-wheeled tenders, differing only in minor details, but this new design had a wheelbase of 8 feet compared with 7 feet and had a larger capacity.[2]
Regular service
Based at Castlemaine in the 1890s presumably for the Maldon line.[2]
Design improvements
Both reboilering in 1882. No.38 fitted with an extended smokebox.[2]
Dee; etal. (1981). Power Parade. Melbourne: VicRail Public Relations Division. ISBN0-7241-3323-2.
Cave, Norman; Buckland, John; Beardsell, David (2002). Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways. Vol.1: The First Fifty Years. Melbourne, Vic: ARHS Victoria Division. pp.72–77. ISBN1876677384.
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