Re: Narrow Gauge Baldwins in Patagonia, re 2004
| October 25, 2020 09:43PM |
Love the shots - particularly the crew preparing lunch.
I used to cook bacon & eggs for breakfast on the shovel when lighting up (the engine shed was a long way from our crew accommodation and had no facilities in the early days) , and we still often heat lunch by putting it on the top of the firebox inside the cab.
This locomotive has been one of our mainstays of operation since 1979 - 3'6" gauge South Australian 4-8-0 "T" Class built by Walkers of Maryborough, QLD in 1917 (builder's number 276 - 79.7 short tons total weight, 21,004lb tractive effort):
The T has been out of action for the last two years - major boiler repairs around the foundation ring & crown sheet have been completed and it should be back up and running within a few months, COVID permitting.
Regards,
David Price
Former President & Chairman - The Bellarine Railway (11 mile 3'6" gauge line)
bellarinerailway.com.au/our-trains/
+61 3 9568 2859
+61 417 223 130
The Bellarine Railway (ABN 72 004 819 130) is operated by the Geelong Steam Preservation Society (ACN 004 819 130)
I used to cook bacon & eggs for breakfast on the shovel when lighting up (the engine shed was a long way from our crew accommodation and had no facilities in the early days) , and we still often heat lunch by putting it on the top of the firebox inside the cab.
This locomotive has been one of our mainstays of operation since 1979 - 3'6" gauge South Australian 4-8-0 "T" Class built by Walkers of Maryborough, QLD in 1917 (builder's number 276 - 79.7 short tons total weight, 21,004lb tractive effort):
The T has been out of action for the last two years - major boiler repairs around the foundation ring & crown sheet have been completed and it should be back up and running within a few months, COVID permitting.
Regards,
David Price
Former President & Chairman - The Bellarine Railway (11 mile 3'6" gauge line)
bellarinerailway.com.au/our-trains/
+61 3 9568 2859
+61 417 223 130
The Bellarine Railway (ABN 72 004 819 130) is operated by the Geelong Steam Preservation Society (ACN 004 819 130)
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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