Re: Old Millewa South Loco

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

I can't quote references off the top of my head.
The loco *was* built on the underframe of an 0-6-0 Y-class steam loco.
The underframe got recycled into the restoration of a Y at Ballarat.
The body was dumped at the former SEC depot in Ballarat north.
This was not the original loco for the line: there were two cruder
conversions before it, based on wagon underframes.

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Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Gavin Potter <gavpot@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article 
> I have a picture of the original loco used by the Brunswick Gypsum mining
> mob that operated on the line from Nowingi to the mine (it's currently on
my
> web page). I remember reading somewhere that it was built of the frame of
a
> Y class steam loco. It has been pointed out to me that this is probably
not
> right. Could it have been built on the frame of a Y class tender. There
were
> a couple of articles in News Rail many years back about this loco, and I
am
> hoping that someone has the correct information so as I don't have to go
> looking through my old stores of News Rail. Actually if anybody has the
> history of this beast I would be most appreciative if they could pass a
> little bit of its history onto me.