Re: North Australia Railway remembered.

rfm (rfm@enternet.com.au)
Fri, 04 Jul 1997 08:40:56 -0700

Terry Burton wrote:
>
> Poddy <awilson@zeta.org.au> wrote:
> >Terry Burton wrote:
> >> Twenty One Years ago today the last Scheduled Train on
> >> the NAR hauled by NT's 69 & 74 arrived in Darwin from
> >> Larrimah on June 30th 1976, ending a chapter in
> >> Australian Narrow Gauge Railway History which was
> >> unique.
> >>
> >What became of the locomotives that were used on the railway? I visited
> >Darwin in January, and was able to find some remnants of the line (the
> >Daly St bridge, and that level crossing just on the city side of Goyder
> >Rd, for example) but I couldn't see any locos anywhere, abandoned or
> >otherwise... Just curious what became of them.
>
> >Poddy
>
> Hi Poddy
>
>
> Except Steam Loco NF 5 which is on display at the
> Fannie Bay Jail Museum.
>
> Cheers
>
> ----Tell
> Alice Springs NT

Terry,

I understand that NF.5 is now at Katherine Railway Station Museum - not
sure if that also applies to composite carriage NABP-13. Can anyone
provide an update.

Bob McKillop