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Locomotive 6029 is a four-cylinder, simple, non-condensing, superheated, articulated 4-8-4+4-8-4 steam engine, of the AD60 class, built by Beyer, Peacock and Company, Manchester, England, for the New South Wales Government Railways. It has been named ''City of Canberra'' by minister Shane Rattenbury MLA on 23 February 2015 ==Service== Locomotive 6029 entered service in 1954 on the Main North also working the Main South and later Main Western line. On 17 February 1959 the locomotive was converted to dual control. The locomotive was withdrawn in September 1972 and condemned 4 January 1973. In 1974 the National Museum of Australia in Canberra acquired the locomotive and placed it in the custody of the ARHS ACT Division. 6029 then pulled heritage trains for the Canberra Railway Museum. 6029 is the only locomotive of its class to visit Victoria, when it travelled to Albury, New South Wales, on tour in 1980 and completed a parallel run to Wangaratta, Victoria, with former Victorian Railways K.153. Heritage tours continued over several years until boiler problems caused it to be condemned. In 1994 a feasibility study confirmed the requirements to get 6029 back in steam. A replacement ex-NSWGR boiler was obtained from a Victorian sawmill and funds raised to allow restoration to commence. The Project 6029 blog tracks the work done. Restoration was completed in mid 2014 and after mainline trials in the months of July, August and September,〔(Project 6029 ) Project 6029 blog〕 Locomotive 6029 received official mainline accreditation just before Christmas in December 2014 with the first planned public trips to take place in February and March 2015.〔(N.S.W.G.R. AD60 Class ) N.S.W.G.R. AD60 Class Facebook Page〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AD6029」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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