Re: Echuca Loco Restoration

["Ed" <ews3@nospicedham.ozemail.com.au>]

I was at Echuca on Anzac Day this year.
(returning to sydney after Easter chasing steam trains in Victoria...)
A2 996 was still in primer, with the boiler clothing removed and stored in
various places (eg. under the tender)
All components seemed to be around in one place or another.

I also saw the N class boiler that provides steam for the sawmill.
It still has its original smokebox, so it looks very 'VR'.

I'd recommend Echuca and the wharf for any steam buffs passing thru...
Lots of steam machinery of all sorts.
Well worth a visit.

Ed


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