Re: Railways missing from the Easter Show

["trendy rechauffé" <trendy_rechauffe@start.com.au>]

I was unimpressed at the lack of a State rail display (there wasn't one last
year either).
It looks like the area in the Government pavillion where the railways were 2
years ago has been taken over by commercial businesses, like mobile phone
shops and others things you see in any shopping centre all year round. Why
pay a fortune to go to the show to see that? Hope the Rail, bus and ferry
displays come back next year.

bye tr

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Garry Hoddinett <hoddos@netspace.net.au> wrote in message
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> After having been to the Royal Easter show for the first time in about 20
> years  I was disappointed not to see any of the rail organizations having
a
> display.  I would have thought CityRail in particular would have had a lot
> to gain by being at the show.  An informative display would have gone
> someway to trying to reverse the adverse publicity it has received in
recent
> times.  CityRail could have display the 4Gt mock up which I believe was
> shown at some transport conference last year.  There could have been a
> display about the Parramatta - Chatswood Railway  and some other future
> proposals.
>
> What was particularly disappointing was the absence of the fantastic and
> huge 'O" gauge model railway that used to be the centre piece of previous
> railway displays.   But I guess with the separation of track
infrastructure
> from the operators in NSW, Countrylink didn't want to run model trains of
> yesteryear,  Freightcorp only wanted to run model freight trains,  3801
and
> the RTM where not invited to run model trains (or hadn't received
> accreditation as yet).  Lachlan Valley and Austrac where not allowed by
> Freightcorp to buy the models of old diesels previous owned by State Rail.
> There were no models of Victorian locomotives for Freight Australia to run
> and in any case the Rail Access Corporation charges higher fees for
electric
> trains.
>
> When was the last time the model of a NSW system on display at the show?
>
>