An almost forgotten part of Australian and World War One History

摘要

From a total of 521 2-8-0 locomotives constructed for the Railway Operating Division of the Royal Engineers, British Army between 1917 and 1918, only three operated as the RichmondVale Railway Nos. 20,23 and 24, survive in the world. Retired from service in mid 1973, Nos.20 and 24, were purchased by the then Hunter Valley Steam Railway and Museum, now renamed the Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum, and in May 1978 No. 23 was given the number plates of No.21, and moved to the Freeman's Waterhole Mining Museum, near Toronto. No.21 was once believed to have hauled the train of Marshal Foch and his entourage to the signing of the armistice at the end of world war one in 1918, however this has been thoroughly disproved.