Comments on: Noojee Historical Society wins bid for Warragul’s J550 locomotive

By: eric duffy

eric duffy — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 11:03:02 +0000

The locomotive is at Noojee – Well done to those who supported and advocated for this to occur! The static display has already had much positive local comment and there is always someone having a look at the loco. For the info of those not so sure of the effort – the loco was originally on display at Mirboo North until the mid 1980′s and then was transported to Morwell where it underwent extensive work to allow it to be railed to Warragul to replace the A2 on display there, which was removed for restoration/parts. Of course parts have been removed from J550 to ensure other locos can remain on line. I am sure that there are many priorities for the Historical Society before any consideration of putting steam into J550 is contemplated. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

By: bill

bill — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:28:16 +0000

Are these guys in for a suprise , any thing that was good has been stripped from the locomotive already , other parts cut off for the replacement boiler cladding such as air compressor mountings etc, loco i believe is fitted with worn out or dummy parts only suitable for static display . So they have no track and basicly half a loco . this should have gone to another group as at best a sorce of spare parts not that there is much worth salvaging , i can not see J550 ever running again unfortunatly

By: Angie Langoor

Angie Langoor — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:23:04 +0000

Well done to Baw Baw Shire council on choosing the correct place to locate the train and allocating it to a well deserved hard working and committed dedicated members of the Noojee Historical Society, I wish more support will be given to them and their efforts