3801 repairing the "other" boiler

PMC · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 2875

Transport Heritage NSW
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LOCOMOTIVE 3801 REVEALED!

At 11.00am today, we were due to be proudly celebrating the return to service of 3801 at a special relaunch ceremony at Sydney’s Central Station. Whilst recent global events have prevented the ceremony, our team have worked hard to finish the locomotive and we’re all very proud to reveal it to you digitally today!

A big congratulations to all our volunteers and staff who have contributed to this project over many years.

3801 - a legend of steam - earned its status as a national icon against often challenging circumstances. Its' original entry to service in 1943 occurred under the cloud of World War II, and the resultant supply-chain interruptions and economic-austerity measures.

Nevertheless, when the locomotive steamed out of the workshops and triumphantly onto the NSW rail network, it changed express train travel for decades and captured the imagination of a whole generation of people.

For now, locomotive 3801 will be socially isolating like the rest of us, but it will be here after this crisis passes . . . and we can’t wait to bring it to you then.

Please remember
The NSW Rail Museum is temporarily closed until further notice. Please do not travel to Thirlmere to attempt to see 3801 as it won't be publicly accessible or visible.

Stay safe everyone!

Edit- video of a load test performed last month: https://www.facebook.com/TransportHerit ... tion=group

Kelly Anderson · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:52 am **Posts:** 2477

softwerkslex · **Posted:** Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:14 am

Great to have some good news in a yicky week.

John Risley · **Joined:** Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:34 pm **Posts:** 966

Wow! That is one shiney engine and pretty impressive. Congrats to the Aussies for this long term project and as stated they got it right in the end. Thankfully we have never had to do things twice or thrice before we get it right! Ask any successful organization about the engineering and effort put in to get a working and accepted FRA boiler that fits? Maybe in a few years it will be just another project as we all learn the curve? Again congrats to all involved.

Below I read about corrosion in thrashing engines with the longitudinal seam on the bottom of welded barrel? Sounds more like water treatment and owners care and maintenance? Or left water sit in boiler? I don't know if that thrashing person/owner knew about Apexior Coating used in interior of boilers? I have seen boilers where it was used many years ago that had it applied back in RR service days. That stuff works and lasts. Think you'd be crazy not to use it in new boiler construction or repair of existing boiler. Or if a newer and better product is available use that. Wonder how many will have to learn this one all over as we build more welded boilers here? We spent a lot of time and money making the same mistakes over and over again here in USA in the first 20 years of the FRA rule requirements. Think we have come a long way. It is a still dicy project from engineering to a working application. Again congrats to the Aussies.

Regards, John

PS thank you for spelling correction.

TrainDetainer · **Joined:** Wed Nov 23, 2016 7:05 pm **Posts:** 283

Never heard of Ephixor Coating. Did you mean Apexior?

kew · **Joined:** Sun Apr 02, 2017 3:13 am **Posts:** 134

28 minutes of Australian Steam, featuring 3801 https://youtu.be/r-g0VbkGaGc

70000 · **Posted:** Thu May 14, 2020 8:36 am

Something to cheer these Covid-19 days.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... e=emb_logo