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Unless otherwise indicated, all photos Garth Fraser, photographer. Buderim Palmwoods Heritage Tramway Collection.

Right: Restoration crew and the Buderim Palmwoods Heritage Tramway's Krauss locomotive.

Restoration work:

October 2004 delivery to the work site

October 2005 (above centre), after first undercoat

Mid-May 2005 boiler wrapped

February 2007 cab and right hand side tank fitted

Diamond stack fitted, February 2008

Coupling, connecting, and eccentric rods fitted, September 2008

Locomotive restored and ready for display in Buderim, 2010

Several Buderim Tramway locomotive and rolling stock drawings are available on a related site... scroll down the listing to find the Shire drawings.

Restoration crew with the Buderim Palmwoods Heritage Tramway's Krauss locomotive.

Restoration Photos

Scroll down for most recent (2010) photos

2004-January 2007

Image: October 2004: Delivery to our work site on Wise's Farm.
Image: Mid August 2005: Cab removed; side tanks and bunker ready to go.
Image: Mid September 2005: Removing the old cab floor.
Image: Early October 2005: Sandblasting to remove rust and corrosion.
Image: Early October 2005: The 'Grey Ghost' after its first undercoat.
Image: Mid March 2006: Red oxide undercoat; boiler 'lagged' with battens; new cab floor, and new firebox doors.
Image: As we got it - minus main crankpins - and a nice problem to solve. We are working on it.
Image: Early April 2006: Steel for the Coupling Rods and Brake Rigging.
Image: Mid May 2006: Boiler wrapper and bands fitted and painted. Volunteers now installing the second sand dome.
Image: Mid May 2006: Next task is to repair and install the cab.
Image: Mid June 2006: We've just freed up the valve stem and expelled about 5 litres of water from the cylinder. Other side yet to go.
Image: Morning tea at the work site, 28/06/06. From the left: Gary Pothoven, Mike Austin, Doug Benckendorff. Support team from left: Joy McMillan who donated most of the tools from her late husband's collection. He had worked at NSW Railways Eversleigh shops for most of his life. Myra Fraser - long suffering wife of Restoration Coordinator, Garth Fraser.

Image

Image: Cut-off lever: This is the original.
Image: Working on the lower left hand cab panel.
Image: Refitting the fuel bunker, after replacing badly rusted sections.
Image: Trial fit of new crank pin & eccentric crank: the original crank pins had been oxy cut right off.
Image: Our go at water gauges: again no photos of the original fit.
Image: Refitting the cab, after replacing badly rusted sections.
Image: Refitting the cab, after replacing badly rusted sections.
Image: Original hand brake handle and linkage refitted.
Image: New tanks delivered to site and painted.
Image: Right hand side tank fitted (Feb 2007), makes it look more like a whole loco: next big job is to complete the coupling and connecting rods and get them on. They had all disappeared long before we got the old loco.

February-December 2007

Image: Front coupler pocket fitted (looks quite American), and working on the RH tank
Image: Front coupler pocket and draft gear box.
Image: Facsimile air pump installed, tho' incomplete
Image: Cab partially fitted out, -- still awaiting plumbing
Image: Facsimile air pump installed, tho' incomplete, boiler feed check valve just to rear
Image: Cab fittings to date; water gauges, steam header, and air brake stand. The throttle is original, but the rest is all facsimile, without the benefit of any photos of the original fit.
Image: Injectors under construction
Image: Injectors ready to install
Image: Cab interior, - right hand side
Image: Right hand injector in place, just in front of the cut-off lever
Image: Left hand side showing air pump, check valve and side tank
Image: Ditto above, but shows start of tank to injector plumbing
Image: Ditto above
Image: Cowcatcher completed and fitted: straight stack removed for manufacture of new diamond stack as on original fit.
Image: Headlight made from LPG gas cylinder, and installed. Now we need a 300mm parabolic reflector to go into the case. Any offers?
Image: Ditto above
Image: Sun screen installed. This side faces west, and the afternoons become too hot.
Image: Air brake cylinder and reservoir completed and installed
Image: Ditto
Image: Stroke reversing valve fitted to top of air pump. Hand rails back on side tanks.
Image: Cab fittings through the rear window. Recent additions are the steam and air gauges, and sander handles, just above the RH injector.
It may be useful to interpolate at this point a couple of photos from the 1920's of the Krauss as it was to show how well we've managed to make our facsimile accessories, such as the air pump, air brake cylinder and reservoir. These are:
- Image: A main reference for the air brake pump, headlight and check valves, and soon for the steam, air and water plumbing.
- Image: The main reference for coupling and draft box, cowcatcher, headlight, check valves, air brake cylinder and reservoir, c 1915. We are completely baffled by the safety valve on top of the steam dome, and would appreciate its details if any one should have such information.
- Image: More support for LHS detail; note that the cowcatcher has already been removed; probably about 1925.

2008

Image: Left side with diamond stack in place (February).
Image: Diamond stack in place (February).
Image: Cowcatcher and front (Norwegian) coupler, hook omitted per convention (September).
Image: ppogress on the plumbing (September).
Image: Working on cab plumbing (September).
Image: Cab interior, plumbing complete (September).
Image: Front end, with air hose courtesy of QR Museum Workshops (September).
Image: Coupling, connecting, and eccentric rods fitted (September).

The next task (late 2008) will be painting. We are also hoping to lay on a shuttle bus service to take visitors down to the loco, and to the Heritage Walk along the old right of way, some time in July 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations.

2010

Image: A coat of paint does wonders, but the chassis is yet to be finished.
Image: Chassis still waiting for paint, but the rest looks OK, especially the Builders Plate, brake controls, and a few of the cab fittings.
Image: Our reconstruction of the original Ramsbottom/Buffalo Horn safety valve. We thank John Dennis, Bruce Green of Inscale Models and Gavin Hince of NGDU (Narrow Gauge Down Under magazine for assistance in identifying this unusual design.
Image: The safety valve mounted in place.
Image: Painting complete at last. The white tyres and roof lining are liberties, but who is going to argue?
Image: Cab and fittings from ground level.

The next 5 shots were taken at a function held at the Restoration Site on 8 May 2010 to thank contributors and donors. Painting is complete, and we now await a response by the local council regarding a prospective display site.

Image: Front right.
Image: Looks good enough to work - if only!
Image: Left side detail.
Image: Reproduction Builders Plate. These were manufactured for, and presented to us, by Graham Chapman. Graham is the previous owner of the locomotive.
Image: Graham Chapman assessing our work. His verdict - "There's only one thing wrong - it's not in my shed."

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