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ERTL mini Australian Standard Garratt

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The Australian Standard Garratt was built in WW2 as emergency standard motive power for Australia's cape gauge railways, in total 57 were built and shipped out to their respective railways. Sadly these handsome locomotives were a relative failure, their large size made them hard to fit to each state's loading gauge with the queensland examples being changed from the normal design. For their long wheelbase to fit around tight curves the first and third driving wheels had to be flangeless, but this made them prone to derail on curves and points. The steampipes were prone to leaks and the firebox door opened directly onto the cab floor, spreading the heat of the firebox into the cab making them incredibly unpopular by crews. The locomotives didn't last long and all were withdrawn by the end of the 50s. Some in private ownership on the Emu Bay Railway and Fyansford Cement Works Railways had relatively successful careers. 

The only one left is G33, which was sold to the Fyansford Cement Works Railway in 1945 and taken out of service in 1957. It was preserved at the Newport Railway Museum in 1966. It was kept there until 2013 before being sold to the Bellarine Peninsula Railway with a spare boiler to be restored to running condition. There is a facebook page documenting her restoration here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069097418890

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