Re: A81 First photo

["Peter Kilburn" <juneejct@mpx.com.au>]

Evening All

Before the argument starts,,,,,,, I can assure one and all, that the remnant
of a bygone era still parked at Junee ( C 503 ) is still covered in dust and
is, still in the same colour scheme as when it arrived here, though some
what faded,
--
Yours,    Pete Kilburn,
           Junee, NSW


The Narc <gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 11:06:39 +1000, Yuri <steam4me@enternet.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 20:24:44 +1100, The Narc <gonoNOCRAP@bigpond.com>
> >wrote, and I selectively quote:
> >
> >>You Can't have em Yuri they are ours :-)))
> >
> >Ok at this point we need to get James to start lobbying to return at
> >least three C classes to Victoria, one to rust away in a museum in
> >original VR livery and the other two to be painted into FV livery and
> >work western mainlines.
> >
> >These are Victorian locos and South Australia doesn't have the right
> >to hang onto these locos if they're not going to use them; they're
> >totally out of place in SA (except for the Adelaide Hills perhaps) and
> >in 20-30 years the children of SA are just going to look on these as
> >an historical curiosity as they don't have the Heritage links that we
> >have with these locos here in Victoria.
> >
> >We need to approach NR to donate the locos back to Victoria where they
> >can run on Victorian rails as they were meant to.  There is
> >nothing mythical about the locos' past, they are Victorian locos and
> >nothing anyone can say will change that fact.
> >
> > </set troll mode off>
> >
> > <vbg!>
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Yuri
> To be fair Yuri as far as i know NR have plans to return the other
> seven C Classes to service as bankers.
> The other interesting thing is that C503 is at junee roundhouse
> sitting on the turntable stuffed and mounted and recently painted in
> blue and gold (static display Broken crankshaft i believe)
> Was this a payback for the storage costs of the other nine when they
> were moved here when ASR had their eye on them????
> regards
> Regards Paul Johnston (MNRC)