British Locomotive Company – Works No 26332 3620

Following being taken out of service this locomotive was purchased from the SAR by the Main Line Steam Trust of Auckland, New Zealand in 1997. It was then transported to New Zealand and placed in the old steam locomotive depot at Parnell in Auckland.

In January 2001 the locomotive was sold with the intention of it operating on the Cairns Kuranda Steam Train service. It subsequently hauled tourist trains on this line. At this time the locomotive carried the number 0401 as the SAR number 3620 in Queensland relates to an electric locomotive.

In 2003 the locomotive was converted from coal burning to using waste oil.

The steam service trains ceased operating after just a few years and the locomotive was placed in storage at the Cairns Kuranda Steam Train depot in Cairns.

In March 2020 the locomotive was moved to a new base at Point Lonsdale in Victoria.

It is still owned by the New Zealand individual who purchased it from the SAR.

It is understood that it is planned to use the locomotive on the Bellarine Railway.

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