I remember this magnificent locomotive in regular service in the Newcastle region. It would be great to see it restored to full operational conditions. And not left to rust away in the paddock.
How it got there: As it moved slowly across the track, people would pick up track behind it to place in front of it. That’s why there is no track ahead of it
Thanks for the memories we had those locos at Enfield I remember that one probably worked coal trains with it sad to see it ended up like that a rusty wreck.
It was supposed to be part of the Lachlin vintage village at Forbes. They had big plans before the whole place was shut down. See my other video of the village fly over.
@@thebadger2101 Since the late 80's, it was initially owned by the Lachlan Vintage village, however due to lacking profits from the railway side they sold or auctioned many of their railway related assets. It was then purchased at auction by the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum back in 86' However the DSRM didn't have the funds to transport the engine by truck at the time, so it was said they'd keep putting an oil coating on it for protection until the funds could be collected for transport to Dorrigo site, however as you can see, this never came to fruition like many of the museums promises. There's a site called "Preserved steam Down under" which details many of Australia's preserved steam engines, it's worth a look if you want a more in depth description of 6042's history.
The saddest thing about this is that was actually a working engine when they put it there its such a waste to let it rust away. There is actually a video on here of them putting it there. They layed track and steamed it down the town streets it was amazing
In my country, instead of feeling sad & commenting, we would have approached the authorities & raise funds to restore it back to its original glory & put it in a rail museum. It's the obligation of the present generation to keep the heritage safe for our future generation.
In my country where the population is only 8% of the US and therefore only 8% of the funding potential for such restoration projects we still managed to preserve 6042's sister 6029 and have her operating as a popular, rolling museum attraction.
The sad thing is it _is_ owned by a museum, they just seem to have forgotten about it or are willingly turning a blind eye. Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum have owned the engine and left it there since 1986
I hope One Day It will Restored I mean Like! It’s A Steam Locomotive you don’t see Garret loco Every Day Who ever Owns It And hope Reads My Comment Please Sell The Engine To The Power house museum Or The NSW rail museum Or even The Australian national Rail museum In South Australia #Save6042! Who’s With Me!👇
This locomotive is doomed Apparently is is to go to the Scrap Yard at DORRIGO The sad part is that o-one else seems to want it even as a static display AM sure there would be plenty of volunteers would clean it up so the public can see it Rather than at DORRIGO where it will just disappear
Triste et scandaleux de laisser dans cet état d"abandon une aussi belle locomotive et ça ne donne vraiment pas l'envie de connaître le pays où elle se trouve ...une honte !!
I saw it in the Vintage village too when she still had black paint on her. She looked like a fish out of water for being built in 1956 she was hardly "vintage". In the vintage village olde worlde shop they had McCormick glass spice jars with green plastic lids similar to what you can buy today in a supermarket. I thought that the Lachlan Vintage Village was pathetic, the supposed recreation of a passed period of time that no one alive had ever lived through.
PREGUNTA DE QUIEN ES MAQUINA TIENE DUEÑO O ES DEL GOBIERNO Y ADEMAS PODRIAN X LO MENOS SALVARLA DEL ÓXIDO PIDIENDO PERMISO EN EL MISMO LUGAR Y PINTAR LA X LO MENOS BREA ASFALTICA DONDE VAN LAS CHAPAS CON NAFTA ASI DETIENEN EL OXIDO ES UNA BELLEZA ESA MAQUINA RESCATELAN MIS SALUDOS DESDE BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA
Get it sent back to the UK I am sure someone here could make use of it no matter what gauge it is It would be a nice reminder of the Garrets that ran in the UK
@@ThePaulv12 Only in theory though for it's loading gauge is too large for UK railways. She was built in Manchester at Beyer Peacock's Gorton Works and then transported by road haulage to Liverpool docks for shipment to Australia the same as the other forty one 60 class Garratts. She was the last steam loco in government railway revenue earning service and steamed through an end of steam banner at Newcastle station on the 4th March 1973. She ran a few tours after that and then ended up where she is now.
Such a waste, very sad. They should move it to the big park in town and paint it up and on display. Would be a real tourist attraction for Forbes NSW. For now, "Rust in peace 6042".
Someone transport it back to the UK for total restoration, imagine this awsome loco on a heritage railway over here, what a crowd puller it would be, shame on you Ausses for letting this beast rust away 😢😢😢
I don't like seeing history like this rusting away either but will you fund it's restoration? BTW, her sister 6029 has been preserved and is still in operation. And yes, it is a crowd puller.
@@bunion8579 *If I had the money, it would have been done a long time ago when it was in slightly better shape... Still, similar wrecks have been brought back to life*
Sorry Paul out of the question for she was built in England but not for English Railways as she wouldn't fit under any bridges or through any tunnels or be able to pass station platforms for she's too wide and too high. It's called a loading gauge. 4472 Flying Scotsman is regarded in the UK as a large engine and yet when running in Australia in 1988-89 with 3801, the 38 dwarfed it and she looked so much smaller. There is a French locomotive in the UK in operational condition and she can only run back and forth and a short stretch of track on a private line. She too is standard gauge but just far to high and wide for the restrictive UK rail network. This is why UK locos can visit other countries but no foreign locos can visit the UK.
I’m really sorry I get emotional. I’m from Texas and what is the history of this place? In Texas, it would appear to be a livestock loading depot. There would be an access track with the cattle cars, to load the cattle on the cars, I’m assuming that the rail-tracks, would meet and proceed to the stockyards for auction or purchase.. Since this was not fully disclosed what historical significance the location was and the history of the locomotives, the manufacture and primary purpose of the locomotives 🚂 and location. I’m stymied and confused about why the algorithm did this? Texas businesses lost their revenue and investments in the railroad industry from 1870 to 2010. I’m not sure if railroads will survive many economic losses and the Digital Dollar scam.
Well, a bit of Liquid Wrench, WD-40, Replace the boilers, get the track crew to reconnect the rails and sleepers, check the the wheel driver assembly then use fuel oil to fire her up.. but my dreams are humongous but my 💶 or Aussie Dollars are non existent I’m afraid. Only the wealthy trillionaires can afford to fix her up.
*Yeah, it wouldn't be cheap! Like you said, some old used rails and sleepers connected out to the location. Might have to disassemble much of it at this point and railroad the pieces to a shop, take it down some more to remove the rust, etc. Similar rust buckets have been brought back to life in England*
This locomotive 6042 was steamed to the position you see in 1980's. There is video of this event. I saw many of those engines at Enfield early 1970's living not far away in Belmore. Very unfortunate.
Happened to a few engines around Australia. The paddock was once part of an active railway and connected to the rest if the network. Since, been disconnected and rails lifted.
The Dorrigo Museum, who owns this rusty old wreck, don’t even have enough money to move this loco to Dorrigo are unlikely to have the funds to restore it. It would be preferable to ship it back to its manufacturer in Manchester for restoration where it would be appreciated.
@@gavinwhitelaw86 : it will never be restored. Not during your lifetime, and not during mine. There's more chance of peace in the Middle East than of that returning to the rails under its current ownership.
@@gavinwhitelaw86 It's unlikely that 6042 will ever run again but hopefully it's possible that the locomotive could still be at least cosmetically restored one day. Sadly no one is crazy enough to fund a project like this.
It's a poignant symbol of the lack of political foresight in all of the Australian states where rail was allowed to decay in favour of overseas truck manufacturers. Even the siding on which it sits speaks to the lack of real intelligence on the part of politicians of any colour as NSW scrapped thousands of miles of track across the state which could be shifting the mineral and other products to the main centers instead of trucks clogging the roads ,costing the nation over seas funds to keep maintained. The Struggles being exhibited by the In land rail corridor company is also a symptom of this political malaise outside of the main cities. The Loco is a Beyer Garratt ,in simple terms, two locomotives joined together to provide massive tractive effort. These were operated by many rail net works across the commonwealth, especially South Africa which ran them until recently.
Politicians don't have a thing to do with it in this engine's case, it was purchased for "preservation" by the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum in 1986, then left to rot. The DSRM has a horrendous reputation for this, a whole fleet of engines left to decay in what could be Australia's equivalent of the UK's Barry scrapyard. The government offered the DSRM financial assistance _multiple_ times, but due to the owner not identifying where the funds would be spent, the government withdrew proposals and have never offered again.
Railway Historian Gunnar Henrioulle notes after EMP/HAMP events (wait for them boys & girls) a handful of steam locomotives will be operable. The worldwide smug minority collectively has the wherewithal to completely rebuild every single remaining steam locomotive including new firebox and crown sheets, etc, as needed. Locomotives dispersed around the country should be focal point of a specific item of motive power equipment restoration shop, and depots with capacity to roll sheets and cast parts established in each US State. Not as crazy as widespread cannibalism... Electronic wealth shall evaporate via Cyberwarfare along with AI trucks; while your funds are still accessible, please give though and effort to Famine Hedge railway infrastructure into breadbasket districts and motive power able to keep on chugging... Trails to rails before ThunderDome.
I don’t regret the engine’s demise. Its life is over, it doesn’t make economic or environmental sense to keep it working. My concern is so much steel going to waste while we dig up more earth to extract more oars to make new steel. Why not remelt and reuse this steel?
@@73Datsun180B Sorry they have a point after all what happened to her other thirty eight sisters. They all met their end thanks to the gas axe. No it's not nice for lovers of steam but you can't save every loco. People won't like it if she ends up being scrapped but we lost a whole class of 4-8-2 and not one was saved the 58 class and no steam lover laments that.
