Re: Foreign Locos in Australia

["chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au>]

Are we still talking about the Pendennis Castle?  you might hear more and not in
this newsgroup. Anyway people/groups more powerful than you and me will decide its
fate.

Chris

Thanks to the person for filling me in on the Indonesian locos.


James Brook wrote:

> The Railway Rasputin II. wrote:
>
> > Most of NSWGR locos came from O/S.
>
> But this is only the builder. NSWGR locos operated in NSW for most of their
> service lives. This means they are historically relevant to NSW and Australia.
> The Pendennis Castle spent all of its commercial service life in the UK. It
> was only exported out here to run tourist services. Apart from this it has
> absolutely nothing to do with the development of Australian railways. The
> Pendennis Castle is more relevant to UK preservation since it is one of their
> most famous locos.
>
> --
> - James Brook -
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