Re: Silly Pendennis Castle ideas

["The Railway Rasputin II." <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

I know you were at the RTM but have you been there recently??
It is undergoing a shake up.
A 13 class has gone to Yass and all surplus to requirement rolling stock
is up for grabs. 
Dorrigo from what I have seen on their web site need to look after what
they have got with out adding to their rust farm.
There is/was a deal to swap railmotors for the rest of 3813 but don't
know what has happened. I'll find out.
rgds

Bill McNiven wrote:
> 
> The Railway Rasputin II. wrote in message
> <389A521A.24C24F25@fastlink.com.au>...
> 
> Dear anonymous,
> 
> 1    >Bill you don't work for the Telegraph do you?
> Actually, I don't work at the moment, which is why I have time to engage in
> these futile aus.rail debates!  I used to spend a lot of time at 15A Belmore
> St. Burwood 2134 but I didn't achieve much!
> 
> 2    >> Dorrigo -- it would make up for the fact that the greedy RTM has
> three 36's
> >What a load of shit!
> Yup!  But a very old one.  This was the argument from fortress Dorrigo
> explaining why 3813 should be in Dorrigo!
> 
> 3    >Any way if they want a 36'er they can go to the RTM and make
> arrangements to lease or hire one.
> ARHS(ACT) tried this in the 1980's but all that left Thirlmere was a tender
> for 1210!
> 
> My original posting was a shot at the armchair experts who fill aus.rail
> with opinions that only make sense in the context of an assumption that
> God/Government/Railway Museums exist to run trains for train spotters.
> 
> I'm only surprised that, so far, we haven't had a posting to the effect that
> when WCR paint their oil-fired 'Castle' blue, it should be hauling SteamRail
> 'W' cars and not ex-SAR steel cars!
> 
> Rgds
> 
> Bill :-) :-))