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    Long-delayed ‘Oz Flying Scotsman’ restoration: still no completion date

    Feb 12, 2019 3 minutes
    By Geoff Courtney
    STEPHEN BURROWS

    THE disappointed boss of the rail heritage organisation overseeing the troubled restoration of one of the world’s flagship preserved steam locomotives has admitted he is unable to say when the project will be completed, despite the overhaul having entered its 12th year.

    Dubbed ‘Australia’s by many enthusiasts down under due to the streamlined engine’s high public profile, New South Wales Government Railways’ C38 class Pacific No. 3801 was taken off railtour

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