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Photos in Australia

Preservation

With the return of 1215 to the UK there are still four more locos in Australia which are in preservation by a mixture of societies and museums. As can be seen their condition varies somewhat, but their history as ex-WW1 locos has a lot of significance with their owners and others. While in industrial service all were disfigured with smokebox extensions and also had the cab back-plate removed.

Of the remaining 4, 3 appear to be reasonably original with mainly the correct works numbers on all components. The odd one is 1229/1240 which appears to be an amalgam largely of these two but with a sprinkling of bits from others that saw Australian service.

1215 is included here with photos of it before it started the journey back around the world.

• 1215 under restoration in Brisbane, January 2001
• 1215 under restoration frames cleaned and primed, new tanks and rebuilt cab, May 2004
• 1218 in store at WeeWaa January 2001, loco was sold to the AWM January 2002
• 1218 another view note original worksplate
• 1218 at the AWM after restoration
• 1218 another view and fine it looks too, the historically correct dull black actually shows well the thorough restoration work
• 1229/1240 at Woodford May 2004, is a composite of a number of locos
• 1239 in the park at North Eton 1997, now stored under cover at the old mill
• 1239 leaving North Eton in August 05, heading for a secure future at the Ipswich Workshops railway museum
• 1317 in Proserpine museum January 2003, recently tidied up a bit, and back on public display in 2003.
• 1317's remaining cylinder cover most components were originally stamped like this
• 1317 as now on display