Re: Will 5112 be left to rust to bits?

[bevanwall@ozemail.com.au (Bevan Wall)]

The loco was due to be moved by a Siverton loco to a suitable site
nearby for loading onto road transport and returned to Bathurst. this
did not eventuate because at the last minute the people concerned were
notified that the track into the site where 5112 was being stored had
not been certified. Apparently it will be moved shortly.
Bevan Wall.
On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 11:40:20 +1100, "Darren Yates" <dyates@pnc.com.au>
wrote:

>Was out at Orange on the weekend and stopped by at Orange East Fork to see
>5112.
>When you compare how it looks now with the photo in the ARHS Guide to
>Australian Heritage Railways & Museums book, nothing appears to have been
>done in the two years since that photo was taken.
>The boiler cladding is still removed, coupleing rods are not connected and
>the loco is sitting out in the whether.
>
>The site was locked up both Saturday and Sunday with no one in attendance.
>
>When you drive passed Bathurst station, the notice that stands where 5112
>stood says the loco was removed Feb 1989 - more than ten years ago.
>
>I rang the number for the Central West Railway Preservation Society this
>morning only to be told by a nice lady that her husband was no longer
>involved with the group.
>
>Time Bathurst City Council got the loco back.
>According to the notice, the boiler was inspected by the SRA and said to be
>in very good condition.
>It should be moved out of the whether before that good condition rusts away.
>
>Anyone with any other information.
>