The Reefton community accepted the offer - and then came the hard part: how to get it to the Reefton play park? A working committee obtained planning permission, followed by working bees, a street stall, money pledges, a concert, a donation of timber; and in 1961 the big shift began.
It was a two-day operation, using two sets of tracks. The engine was hauled (backwards) by the Council loader over one set of tracks while the other set was lifted from behind and laid in front. This was repeated all the way from the railway station to the play park. The townspeople turned out to watch this keen group of volunteers moving the big steam engine along Buller Road, with the small boys scrambling all over it.
But there was to be another shift. It was decided to shift it to a site on the strand between Broadway and the Inangahua River and to protect it from the elements. Once in position, it was painted, roofed, and surrounded by a fence, but is still accessible to another generation of girls and boys to enjoy.
