Re: [Ausloco] Re: Sightings

["ben scaro" <bscaro@hotmail.com>]

Hi

Without trying to buy into this too much, I concur with what Peter says. In 
a rail industry where change is so rapid, nothing is that ordinary any more.

For the system I model, the Pt Lincoln Division of AN, there is precious 
little photographic evidence of the regular freight trains that worked there 
in the 1970s.  I suppose at the time, it looked like long trains of tarped 
open wagons would be there forever. Not so.

Instead, most of the photographs seem to be of a tour train called the 'West 
Coast Wanderer' which ran in 1976. Now this was a nice train, and it's good 
to see lots of shots of it, and the tour resulted in a fine ARHS Bulletin 
article by the late Kim Bird. But if you relied on photos and the meagre 
reports alone, you'd get a pretty distorted picture of that system. So I 
welcome the 'mundane' reports.  They may seem pedestrian now, but in a few 
years,  I reckon we'll be glad someone bothered.

Cheers

Ben

>From: David Langley <del@ancc.com.au>
>Reply-To: Ausloco@egroups.com
>To: Ausloco@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Ausloco] Re: Sightings
>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 18:37:11 +1000
>
>Clearly you have been upset by my posting. I would like someone to
>explain to me how I can get a simple statement to be not upsetting. I
>was not aware of your origins and may have replied in a slightly
>different manner, but then maybe not. The BLs operate twice daily
>between Melbourne and Long Island at least. How else was I going to put
>it. Your sighting was not unusual and I was merely explaining that you
>can see more than one train per day with BLs on it at Richmond.
>
>Slinks off to study where I may keep the information to myself in
>future.
>
>David.
>
>Peter Homann wrote:
> >
> > <Shrinks into corner>
> > ;-)
> >
> > I was once told that simple recording of the apparently mundane is
> > the best basis for historical research later.  After all, what will
> > we look up in 30 years if no-one takes any notice now?
> >
> > Forgive me, though.  I'm native to SA, and its a novelty to see a
> > train in the daytime!
> >

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