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[VIC] Derelict steam loco at Ballarat
- Subject: [VIC] Derelict steam loco at Ballarat
- From: james_shugg@my-deja.com
- Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:41:41 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy.
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:14068
In 1994, I stayed with friends in Ballarat. I went for a walk along
the railway line, past the sidings where a Melbourne Hitachi set was
stabled (that was a surprise!), past an abandoned signal box (but you
could still climb up into it and pull the levers), across a road
crossing, past a grain shed with rail tractor parked outside, then a
little further long, discovered a derelict steam loco parked on a
siding. Can't have been more than a half a kilometre on the Adelaide
side of Ballarat station. IIRC, it was minus its tender, and many key
fittings, but I think it had 3 driving axles. Can't recall the
colour. Is it still there? What class/number was it? Who owns the
poor beast? I was amazed that in the mid 1990s you could still find
old locos like that just "lying around".
James
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