For use with breakdown trains, a kitchen car was converted from a surplus passenger carriage in 1961. It was stabled in the Spencer St Passenger Yard, Melbourne for many years.
The car was built as _AA_ 272 in 1891, went to _A__ 167 in 1910, _B__ 139 in 1910 and to WK 1 in 1959.
B 139 had been stripped and used as a works sleeper since the 1950's.
The car was scrapped and the body sold about 1982.
Photos for 'WK '
FileID Description................................................AR765 WK 1, Spencer Street, c1976, [oPJV]BI752 WK 1 - bogie/lettering, Newport Workshops, 11/11/1982, [oPJV]DB758 WK 1 - distant view, Spencer Street, 1970s, [oPTC]BM882 WK 1 - e2p, Spencer Street, 20/1/1976, [oPJV]BM881 WK 1 - e2q, Spencer Street, 20/1/1976, [oPJV]BI754 WK 1 - interior views, Newport Workshops, 11/11/1982, [oPJV]BM883 WK 1 - s1e2c undergear lit/tanks, Spencer Street, 20/1/1976, [oPJV]BM885 WK 1 - s1p, Spencer Street, 20/1/1976, [oPJV]AR766 WK 1 - scrapping, Newport Workshops, 11/1982, [oPJV]AR767 WK 1 - scrapping, 1982, [sPJV]BI751 WK 1 - scrapping/undergear removed, Newport Workshops, 11/11/1982, [oPJV]BI753 WK 1 - side lift couplers, Newport Workshops, 11/11/1982, [oPJV]
No diagrams found for WK
File c041m compiled by Peter J. Vincent, updated 23/3/2007
