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Lumsden locomotive emerges from mud after 93 years (video)

Posted: 01 Feb 2020, 09:06
by John Ashworth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8pLzhj ... e=youtu.be
A relic of New Zealand's rail past has emerged from the mud 93 years after being dumped in a Southland River. The Lumsden Heritage Trust has been campaigning to retrieve the two 1885 V class steam locomotives from the Oreti River for about half a decade. They're thought to be one of the last of their kind in the world...

Re: Lumsden locomotive emerges from mud after 93 years (video)

Posted: 28 Feb 2020, 06:53
by John Ashworth
And it seems they've now got the second one out.

https://web.facebook.com/lumsdenheritag ... rdc=1&_rdr