Re: [Vic] K 183 visits underfloor lathe

["Heavy" <pmartin@ssc.net.au>]

I think every effort should be made to have the wheel lathe retained in
working order for use in the future. It would be a shame to see yet another
attribute gone from the railway system. Maybe the state government could
help out here. All the preservation groups should take notice and group
together to save this valuable piece of equipment if indeed it is to be
removed. Otherwise this will disappear just like so much equipment has done
in the past due to late action.

"Stuart Thyer" <s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au> wrote in message
8hjtvt$kif$1@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au">news:8hjtvt$kif$1@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au...
> Bit of a curio, Steamrail's K 183 went over the underfloor wheel lathe at
> Newport yesterday to have its wheels reprofiled. This was the first K
class
> to ever visit the lathe and the second steam loco to have been over the
> lathe. K 190 is due to visit in the next two weeks for similar treatment.
> While neither of the locomotives had 'bad' profiles, it was decided to put
> them in before the lathe is removed from service once Newport workshops
> close
>
> Stuart Thyer
> Photographer
> University of Melbourne