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Re: [NSW] RTM (was: Countrylink & Sydney things to do)
- Subject: Re: [NSW] RTM (was: Countrylink & Sydney things to do)
- From: James Brook <ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 19:28:11 +1100
- Distribution: world
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Victorian Railfan Web Site - http://www.railpage.org.au/vr/
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Nobody wrote:
> There seems to be a lot of RTM diesel tours
> > running around, but not much steam. It would be a pity if NSW steam died
> out in
> > favour of diesels.
> >
>
> Oh come on that already happened! 1960 to 1970 was when that occured, and
> only a handful of steam have survived. Sadly it will not be here long -
> 3801's boiler is due to be replaced in 2008 (how will they do that?) and no
> new ones are being built.
I meant in preservation. There are a number of locos that were running in the
1980's and early 90's that aren't running now. 3642 is one example.
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