With Eveleigh back on the map as a heritage centre scenes like this with multiple heritage locos from multiple operators "on shed" will hopefully be the norm for many years to come.
Eveleigh Alco hood units paused briefly side by side before the Eveleigh workdays team fitted the 4 8 3 3 with spring packs and diaphrams which will again allow it to be coupled with link fitted heritage rollingstock.
15 years in the planning, the buffers were moved into position.....
...and bolted up ready for the fitting of the plates.
Once in position a needle gunning to remove the many layers of old damaged paint was performed.
Although now again servicable a lick of primer and the top paint coats will pretty up these fittings and support heritage operations for a long time.
Another milestone was the final refit of the "Redfern end" carrier plates to L516.....
..to reinstate the drawgear.
With the path clear the overhauled bogie was pushed under the car....
...and the king and queen castings again mated.
After many hours of work the proud team gather for a group photo and to reflect on their efforts.
Only 1 end to go!
