Wow, now that's an amazing find! I'm not sure I'm totally in agreement with the decision to forego any restoration. The New Zealand Goverment Railway pushed a bunch of older Roberts-built 2-4-2s into the Oreti river to stabilize the banks, and years later, some enthusiasts dug two of them out: No. K88 (The "Washington" that the late billegulla made a model of) and the No. 92. They weren't buried nearly as long as this guy, but there is the point they were both buried in wet, Peat-moss infested ground beside a river. I'd think It would at least be feasable to put her back together and make her look good again...like she did in the 1880's, mind you.
