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Re: 6029 (was: Re: 3820)



David Bromage <dbromage@metz.une.edu.au> wrote in article
<6ir8bf$qes$1@gruvel.une.edu.au>...
> David Bennetts (davibenn@pcug.org.au) wrote:
> >Recently the ARHS launched an appeal for restoration funds.  It'll
require
> >at least $250,000.  Fortunately a spare boiler is available, in quite
good
> >condition - it was supplied by a sawmill in Victoria. 
> 
> Is there any Federation funding available? The loco is owned by the
> Commonwealth government through the National Museum.
> 
> Cheers
> David

The loco was owned by the National Museum, but it has now been formally
handed over to the ARHS.  The National Museum has never had funds to
restore the engine, and faced with a more confined site at Acton, the
prospects for ever displaying the engine were fairly slim.

David Bennetts