Re: [VIC] H220 (was: Surviving R classes)

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

James Brook wrote:
 
 David Bromage wrote:
 
 > All locos are historic, but modifications would have to be made
during
 > restoration or the loco simply wouldn't be allowed to run.
 
 But at the moment there is an unmodified example of all running
locomotives in the
 museum. If you take H220 out of the musem and return it to service
there is no longer an
 example of this type of loco in VR condition.
 
As an aside to the current discussion, but still on topic, I seem to
remember seeing
or hearing that H220 had a cracked cylinder, this being the reason for
its withdrawal.
Is this true?

John McCallum