December 21 and January 4, 2014
Despite the rumous of the imminent arrival of the bearded one, we sneaked an extra work day into December 2013 just because we could! The task force were assigned basically two key tasks: attempt to...
View ArticleSunscreen and Water – getting wet!
The weather has turned hot so this second workday of the New Year required the time honored routine of “slip, slop, slap”. The previous day temperatures had reached scorching levels so all were prepare...
View ArticleUpdate for January and February
Heat and Sweat – the joy of steam engine work! The weeks have flown past with what appears to be ever increasing speed as the progress on our project has geared up a couple of notches – notch 5...
View ArticleLate February and March 16
New and Old Tasks – the start of some routine work These two work days saw a vast number of intricate and small tasks being tackled that various individuals attacked singularly or in pairs. Two of the...
View ArticleDOUBLE HEADING – preparing two steam engines and car or two in 4 weeks
Yep we've stretched ourselves. We have committed ourselves to showing off not only 6029 but also to have 3016 in steam around the same time that the Easter bunny does his rounds. Numerous cries for...
View ArticleGiant Leaps, A Lot of Effort and a Little Steam
For those that have been following our progress for a while, you would realize that the restoration of a steam engine like this, or any steam engine for that matter is always going to take time, and a...
View ArticleEaster Steam Spectacular
So Easter has come and gone, but what a weekend... Some of us would be looking forward to the Easter break, and with all the work achieved before the event, there may be a well deserved break...
View ArticleSmoke Box Cleaning and Other Stuff
The cold weather on Saturday and a team consisting of all Sydney based and out of town volunteers, save for one Canberrian, were in for a bit of a temperature shock. The first glimpses of winter had...
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A bit of a double header today with some info from the last two workdays. Lots has been happening and many thing have been completed, so pull up a chair and check out what has been happening...Sunday...
View ArticleMKR and Master Chef vs. 6029 Cooking Master classes and other stuff!
The cold has hit Canberra; snow has reached the mountains and frosts the windscreens of the cars. Of course not all is lost – the shortest day passed last weekend and so have a few key milestones on...
View ArticleProgress and More Progress
Planning for the first network steam testing is progressing well and we now anticipate starting testing in early August, subject to approval of the network authorities. We still have to fit a Hassler...
View ArticleLights, Valves and the Pits!
Last weekend was just another balmy winter’s day in Canberra – 4 degrees at sparrows, 7 by smoko and 10 at lunch and that was about as good as it got. The wind was lazy – it went straight through you...
View ArticleFriday was the day, it really was!
With just a little fanfare, and a huge amount of work by Alan, Ben and Sean along with many others in the last few weeks, 6029 moved under her own steam for the first time since the early 1980's on...
View ArticleA Few Miles
As with any restoration, the first few miles are often the most critical, and this is no different for us. On Friday, a week after the first moves around the yard, we had the first of several scheduled...
View ArticleGoulburn Trials
By now, some of you may have heard that the Garratt has made it as far as the mainline in Goulburn. ...Tuesday saw light engine Canberra-Queanbeyan and return with no issue and Wednesday was...
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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 interface testing. Goulburn is controlled by signal circuits and it...
View ArticleLoad Trials
For those that haven't already heard, Tuesday and Wednesday saw 6029 performing what we hope are the last of the testing completed which will allow us to submit the change notification paperwork which...
View ArticleTaking the Company Engine for a Spin!
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 company engine for a spin!Last Saturday was 8 years to the day...
View ArticleBig News!
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 appear that not much is happening however this is most certainly not...
View ArticleMaintenance, Stabilization and Getting Ready
The New Year has brought renewed vigor as we are challenged to identify, log and correct various items that the testing, load and training runs have identified before we consider ourselves (painted and...
View ArticleClean, Polish and Rings (Brief Update) Period Ending Sunday, 8 Feb 2015
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. Unlike previous collections of photographs thisupdate includes many...
View ArticlePreparation for Festival of Steam 2015
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 sense of how big it was... Definitely put it in the diary for...
View ArticleFestival Of Steam 2015
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 public trip for the Garratt following its restoration, the...
View ArticleWinter Safari, and getting some miles under the wheels
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 been happening. Since the first trip to Thirlmere, we have used...
View ArticleSummer Repairs
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 first update for 2016, we will cover some of the work done over...
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