Re: Whats your fav loco?

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

"Ross (Goldie) Goldspink" wrote:

> has to be the delightful chocolate brown painted Midland Railway Company of
> WA C class pacific that regularly passed my childhood home pulling the
> Geraldton express.
 
> Unfortunately none preserved -  and I haven't researched the availability of
> drawings.  Would like to build one to 5" gauge one day.
 
> Goldie
 

As you say, there are no MR C class locos preserved. However, there is
one
MR loco preserved. This is B6, a 4-4-0 that was in a park in Geraldton
for many
years. The loco was painted in the brown livery, and is presently in the
ex WAGR
Midland workshops awaiting restoration.

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John McCallum, member Melbourne PC User Group,
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