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The 6029 Project

Returning 6029 to steam service

Next work day: Saturday, July 5.

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The ARHS (ACT) is restoring to running order the massive Beyer Garratt articulated steam locomotive 6029.

When in NSWGR service, this 4-8-4 + 4-8-4 giant weighed 265 tonnes (including 18 tonnes of coal and 40 tonnes of water) and had a tractive effort of 63,000 lbs (280kN) - equivalent to about 3,000 horse power.

6029 last ran, in ARHS (ACT) service, in 1981 but was then 'retired' to await major repairs (the John Hurst picture on the right shows 6029 near Goulburn in that year).

In October 2007, the 6029 Project was launched to restore the loco.

A project management committee is overseeing the restoration project, and it will fund-raise and deal with any issues that may arise.

The success of the project will lay in developing and maintaining a work team and obtaining the necessary funding, to allow the project to move forward in a methodical and planned way.

The project has pushed ahead since the first work day. Read on for more detail

PowerPoint presentation (2.5Mb) by Ron Denholm.

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