Re: AC16 to be restored

[dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage)]

Leslie Brown (pcc@ocean.com.au) wrote:
>rwilke@can.i.have.the.spam.ham.bacon.egg.sausage.and.spam.without.the.spam..spam..or..spam..au
>(Roy Wilke) wrote in aus.rail:
>
>>On Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:58:38 GMT, gwatkins@globec.com.au (Graham
>>Watkins) wrote:
>
>>>AC16 221A has now been moved to Ipswich railway workshops for
>>>preparation  for restoration to working order by Queensland Rail. It
>>>arrived at the workshops from its storage site on Wednesday 10/9/97.
>>>Work should start as soon as BB18 1/4 1079 is outshopped after its
>>>major overhaul.
>>>
>>It seems that most of the Redbank Railway Museum is disappearing into
>>the workshops for restoration. Does anyone know if this has anything
>>to do with the proposed super-luxury "Orient-Express" franchise train
>>which is scheduled to start operations in early 1999?
>
>After speaking to a driver at Helensvale, I got the impression that it
>was the Museum's intention to hopefully restore all their exhibits to
>working order. Such an attitude, to my mind, is the only way an
>exhibit should be preserved. If it ain't moving, it's rusting.

I was in Queensland in 1992 just after Redbank closed. Exhibits were
progressively being moved to Ipswich and it was QR's intent to restore as
many locomotives as possible. The DD17 was then under restoration and the
Garratt was next on the list. 

Cheers
David