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The Midland Rail Heritage Trust
at Springfield (http://www.midlandrailheritage.co.nz/main.html
) is reported (17th March 2010) to have bought two ex-RR 14A
Garratts (presumably 520/523, from BCL, Selebi Phikwe, Botswana.
This is an embryonic scheme and it will be a while before
anything moves.
The Main
Line Steam Trust at Parnell, Auckland has had three ex SAR
steam locomotives on site for some time. At the end of December
2007, they were joined by two further steam locomotives 14A 509
and SAR 19D 2695 which saw out their active African days in
Zimbabwe. There are pictures of them (including the one below by
Rob Martin) in the Trust's September
2009 newsletter and it seems (2nd September 2009) that 509 may
now steam before the year's end. Thanks to Trevor Heath for all this.
Trevor also advises me (20th May
2009) that the two ex-RR 14As left at Selebi Phikwe in Botswana
have been sold to a consortium here which will restore them for
potential main line use, similarly 15A 398 which has been stored
at Beaconsfield Depot, Kimberley, South Africa has been sold to
Steam Incorporated, http://www.steaminc.org.nz/.
The pictures
below are from Jack Neville.
GMAM 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 Garrat 4088
(Beyer Peacock 7754/1956)
25NC 4-8-4 3432 (Henschel
28751/1953)
25NC 4-8-4 3508 (North British
26332/1948)
24 class 2-8-4 3620 which was
first brought here is now in Cairns,
Queensland, Australia.
Click here for the Australasian
Steam Page
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