Victorian Railways 4-6-0 No. A 996
Echuca, Victoria, Australia 		Location: Port of Echuca Discovery Centre
Status: Display
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Posted: Jan 11, 2021 @ 03:01:10 by
A2 996 was planned for restoration by "West Coast Railways" who went bankrupt in early 2004. 996 was moved out of echuca roughly the same time that WCR went bankrupt and thus the restoration never started(apart from making legal to be moved at low speed along the mainline)
Posted: Aug 7, 2017 @ 14:08:40 by Robin R Beck
VR A996 was withdrawn in 1963. It was displayed at Echuca Wharf. Plans were put forward to return A996 to running condition and in 2004 it was moved to freight siding near railway station. Some work was attempted, but she stayed there for 10 years. There are many possible reasons why plans change and in 2015 the loco moved back into Echuca Wharf complex. It has been cosmetically restored and returned to original black livery

Echuca Wharf. 1864 the building of a timber wharf on the banks of the Murray River at Echuca. Later the opening of the railway from Melbourne to Echuca made it the 2nd biggest port in Victoria and largest inland port in Australia. The remains of the timber wharf are now a museum with paddle steamers taking trips on the Murray from the wharf.