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draconus
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 Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:04 am Post subject: Pics: Sad looking Robey and Co. down under |
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Spotted this rotting away in a country town called Nannup in the SW of Oz back in April (yea just got around to sorting pix  )
anyway, thought some of you 12" to the foot types might appreciate them :-;
..and no, it wasn't me who liberated the engine number from the name plate !
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Les
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It is sad looking but to be honest I have seen worse.
Do they have any plans to restore her or is it going to be left to rust away?
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Roly Williams
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:11 am Post subject: |
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At least it's under cover. I've seen a lot worse.
It would be good to see it restored, if possible. It all depends on the state of the boiler.
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MrDuck
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:52 am Post subject: |
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If it was here, you'd be hard to see what it had been 
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draconus
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:26 am Post subject: |
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| Les wrote: | It is sad looking but to be honest I have seen worse.
Do they have any plans to restore her or is it going to be left to rust away? |
I doubt it, it's been there as long as I can remember. I first noticed it in that area about 20 years ago. Theres not much of a historical steam interest in these parts. You do have the restored and active Hotham Valley Railway a bit further north of that place, but thats about it.
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steamtrack
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A little project for u Mal
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pauly
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It doesnt look that bad, mostly just light surface rust.
I suspect itll survive for a very long time undercover in such a dry place.
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NickB
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder what happened to that Builders Plate???
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pauly
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| NickB wrote: | | I wonder what happened to that Builders Plate??? |
probably just a poor cast job thats cracked and broken away.
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Les
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| pauly wrote: | | NickB wrote: | | I wonder what happened to that Builders Plate??? |
probably just a poor cast job that's cracked and broken away. |
More like someone has tried to lever it off and it has broken.
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NickB
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Seems to go on everywhere all this metal theft lark, thats if it was an attempted theft....
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draconus
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| steamtrack wrote: | | A little project for u Mal |
..oh yes, sure 
I can just see me and the missus in our wellies and black balaclavas in the middle of the night trying to hitch it up to the station wagon !
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draconus
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:20 am Post subject: |
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I guess the local shire council; it was used in the old logging industry that was prevalent in that area years ago, so at a guess, it was donated by one of the now defunct mills to the local council.
Just a guess mind..
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Timonade
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:03 am Post subject: |
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| Les wrote: |
More like someone has tried to lever it off and it has broken. |
More than likely Pauly is right, it's just a cracked casting, which is not a rare thing. If it were a steal job they would've ground off the rivets first. Also, it takes some considerable force to break something like that, so the lever would have left noticeable scratch marks on the back plate.
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