Re: [NSW] Dorrigo (was: 6042 in south australia?)

["Grahame Ferguson" <grahamef@users.mcmedia.com.au>]

Trevor Edmonds wrote in message <873mmd$lcb$1@news.tmx.com.au>...
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>Grahame Ferguson wrote...
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><<I have been to Dorrigo and I am afraid it is the biggest rail junk yard
in
>Australia and has NOT improved in the last 10 years.>>
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>Which pieces of rolling stock are you refering to?

Nearly everthing.
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><<How many years will it be before another train is realistically ever to
>run to Dorrigo???>>
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>A few yet. And your point is?

That there has been massive hoarding and NOTHING to show for it, someone is
to blame for this situation.  A lot of people have been mislead along the
way. A lot of work and some have been played for suckers many years ago.
Has anyone been made answerable??:  Its got to have been going on for nearly
20 years!

I am not criticising those now making genuine attempts to right the wrong,
but realistically a lot has been wasted and WHY?
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><<Use the resources you have and use that money to improve the situation.>>
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>So, if we sell everything we will have plenty of money and nothing to spend
>it on. If other groups want to buy rolling stock, perhaps they should have
>taken action when the rolling stock was available, rather than criticise
>those who had the foresight to buy it before it was scrapped.


Come On - No not everything, but those items that you will never use.   A 46
Class?

For instance in Victoria, Preservation Groups do not have the advantage that
NSW groups have in that NSW groups have first bite of the cherry for disused
SRA/FreightCorp rolling stock.  Victorian groups were allocated rolling
stock by the PTC whilst they still retained ownership.

They were never given ownership in some case they bought their own rolling
stock.  Now in Victoria volunteer groups have to buy at commercial rates.
Their only source of spare parts is from other kindred organisations. There
is no locomotive younger than an S or 3rd series T class in preservation in
Victoria, nor will there likely to be for many years, unless they can pay
big cash up front.

There are and will never be for a long time Victorian contempories of the
442 & 422 classes like the RTM will have for example.


.>Trevor
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Regards, Grahame.