Re: Echuca Loco Restoration

["clinton + diane smith" <cdsmith@datafast.net.au>]

hi guys

the saw mill at echuca wharf has steam suppied from an "n"class boiler....

cheers, clinton smith

David Bromage <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> James Brook (ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> > David Bromage wrote:
> > >
> > > James Brook (ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> > > > I may be wrong about this, but I thought it was under restoration at
the
> > > > moment.
> > >
> > > It had extensive cosmetic restoration in the mid-90s. This included
some
> > > preservation to the boiler and motion gear. They may have started
actual
> > > restoration.
>
> > I may be hallucinating, but I'm sure I can remember a report in one of
> > the railfan magazines a few years ago with a photo showing it partially
> > stripped and the boiler in steam.
>
> I know it was fully stripped and given some treatment. I have a photo of
> it in 1995 with all the cladding off and the boiler painted in chromate
> primer. I never heard of it being steamed.
>
> There was another boiler on the wharf which was restored, and later put
> into a paddle steamer. I remember making a mental note at the time that it
> looked very much like a VR <forgotten class> loco boiler.
>
> > As I understood it, the boiler had
> > been repaired and they were seeking the funding/resources to restore the
> > rest of the loco. WCR was also mentioned somewhere. Can anyone confirm
> > this?
>
> It's been discussed on and off for some time. I don't know what, if
> anything, ever came out of the various proposals.
>
> Cheers
> David