This weekend, the Canberra Railway Museum will be sending out its $1 beast, Beyer-Garrett locomotive No.6029, on a run from Canberra through to Wagga Wagga and back. The largest working steam engine in the world, No.6029 “City of Canberra” will pull the carriages formerly used by the Southern Aurora on a trip lasting from the 5th to the 8th of June. Departing Canberra this Friday at 6:15pm, the “City of Canberra” will make an overnight trip to Junee, and make shuttle trips around Wagga on Saturday and Sunday. The train will be stopping at Harden on Monday June 8 for a services stop, before returning to Canberra via Yass Junction and Goulburn. The “City of Canberra” is a 265 tonnes, three piece locomotive consisting of a water tank, a fixed chassis supporting a boiler and a rear engine unit carrying a coal bunker and water tank. Bought from the Federal Government for $1, the locomotive has been restored by volunteers from the Australian Railway Heritage Society at Kingston. Despite its initial purchase price, the locomotive is extremely expensive to run. “They say it runs on coal, but I think it runs on $100 notes,” said Garry Reynolds of the Canberra Railway Museum. It costs $7,200 to fully load the locomotive with coal alone, let alone taking into account insurance and track fees. The Canberra Railway Museum relies on donations from the public, and donations can be made at their website at www.canberrarailwaymuseum.org/project-6029-appeal.