Project 6029

Up to date information regarding the restoration of steam locomotive 6029 in Canberra, ACT Australia. Beyer Garratt 6029 is an EX NSWGR locomotive and was a member of the largest, and most powerful class in Australia. The restoration to full working order is being undertaken by volunteers in Canberra.

Apr 26, 2016

Summer Repairs

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Its been a while since I have said anything here, there has been a lot happening and a few storms have been weathered... As this is the fi...
Jun 18, 2015

Winter Safari, and getting some miles under the wheels

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Its been a while since I last posted an update on what is happening with the Garratt, but you can be assured that things have certainly bee...
Mar 12, 2015

Festival Of Steam 2015

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What a weekend, the Festival of Steam saw a number of firsts for the Garratt and ARHS-ACT. It was the first mainline excursion and the first...
Mar 8, 2015

Preparation for Festival of Steam 2015

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What a weekend! for those that were there, you will know what I mean, and if you were not, well, maybe some of the images will give you a se...
Feb 13, 2015

Clean, Polish and Rings (Brief Update) Period Ending Sunday, 8 Feb 2015

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The pressure is on! Some say that pictures tell a thousand words and indeed if you view the sequence of photographs this is very true. Unl...
Jan 15, 2015

Maintenance, Stabilization and Getting Ready

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The New Year has brought renewed vigor as we are challenged to identify, log and correct various items that the testing, load and training r...
Dec 23, 2014

Big News!

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23 of December 2014. It has been sometime since our last blog report and we have received many enquiries asking for an update. It may appe...
Oct 12, 2014

Taking the Company Engine for a Spin!

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What do you do to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the first workday on 6029? Well for those of the team that could make it, you take the co...
Sep 5, 2014

Load Trials

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For those that haven't already heard, Tuesday and Wednesday saw 6029 performing what we hope are the last of the testing completed which...
Aug 18, 2014

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6029 is now back in the shed having run the 200km round trip to Goulburn. The purpose of the run was to complete the necessary signal interf...
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