Re: 6029 Restoration - what's happening?

["Darren Yates" <dyates@pnc.com.au>]

Apparantly, that belonged to 6018 or so we're told.
6042 must still be disolving into a rust-coloured puddle out at Forbes...
I think 6039 is the most likely candidate to be up and running first...

As I said, if ARHS ACT can get money out of Canberra, they've got a good
boiler there (don't know out of what) that will certainly give 6029 a new
lease of life for some time to come.

Chris Stratton wrote in message <7lea7o$ofs42@atbhp.corpmel.bhp.com.au>...
>Darren Yates <dyates@pnc.com.au> wrote in message
>news:377a16fd.0@occy.pnc.com.au...
>> 6040 isn't likely to run again. I don't think the RTM would ever be
>> interested. The last time I saw it(last year) the bunker and tender were
>> full of rust holes. The cost would be prohibitive.
>>
>> 6039 shouldn't be too far away from running order.
>>
>> 6042 was left out at Forbes in pretty ordinary condition before being
>> dragged up to Dorrigo. My tip is that it will be used for spares for
6039,
>> which was just serviced before the end of regular steam. Since 6039's
done
>> little work since then, it should still be in good nick... Trevor????
>>
>> ARHS ACT apparantly has a good boiler ready to go into 6029 but I reckon
>it
>> will need an act of parliament for anything more to happen...
>>
>> Anyone else with any ideas?
>> Darren.
>>
>When I visited Dorrigo in Feb saw a Garratt boiler on the ground near the
>AIS Porter loco. I think it came from a sawmill on the north coast.
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>Chris Stratton
>Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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