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The 6029 Project

6029 background

As a member of the largest and most powerful steam locomotive class to run on any railway in Australia, 6029 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.

She measures 98 feet, or 29.870 metres, end-to-end, and has driving wheels measuring 4 feet 7 inches or 1.4 metres.

The 4-8-4 + 4-8-4 loco was built by Beyer Peacock and Company in Manchester, England, in 1953 and was placed into New South Wales Railways service on 24 April 1954.

She was first allocated to Enfield depot, and later to Bathurst. In 1960, 6029 was transferred to Broadmeadow and had a succesful career literally hauling coals to Newcastle, remaining there until withdrawn from regular railway service on 29 September 1972.

6029 was purchased by the National Museum of Australia in 1975 and placed in the care of the Society which operated it in NSW and Victoria, from 1976 to 1981 (the John Hurst picture above shows 6029 leading a Society excursion train out of Canberra).

Ownership of the locomotive transferred to the Society in 1998 but the loco has stood dormant in the ARHS yard awaiting restoration.

Now the 6029 Project has begun work on the task of returning this giant to full operational service.

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