Re: Tassie Garret & Penndennis Castle

[Bob <alco@acay.com.au>]

Wrong! Pendennis Castle was out of service from 1994 and as they only had 3
members in the group caring for it they could not fix it. I should also point
out that all the restoration cost had been met by Hamersley prior to then. Why
don't you just give it away. You are flogging a dead horse here and adding lots
of incorrect statements along the way. I agree with Bill McNiven's comments
about armchair steam enthusiasts. Have you ever spent all your spare weekends
working on dirty old steam locomotives? If not, talk to those who do, it's no
fun, only lots of hard work just to keep people like you happy.
Bob

"chris@enet21.com.au" wrote:

>
> The reason why the Pendennis Castle is not running is the ban imposed on it
> by Rio Tinto.
>
> Chris
>
> John Dennis wrote:
>
> > Whilst I tend to agree with you regarding the little garratt, simply
> > seeing it running is much better that seeing it stuffed and mounted in
> > the NRM at York.  Or rusting away somewhere.
> >
> > The South African garratts were purchased for the (rebuilding) Welsh
> > Highland Railway, which is a tourist railway.  Not designed to be an
> > absolute museum line with high heritage values like our own Puffing
> > Billy (which incidentally also has a SA Garratt, a Queensland DH class
> > and a Tasmanian V class).
> >
> > If, in ten years time, the South Africans want these locos back, I
> > would probably agree with them.  Especially if they are not operating,
> > in need of restoration, and never likely to run again in their current
> > home.  Like Pendennis Castle.  Of course, that is almost certainly not
> > going to be the case.
> >
> > JD
> >
> > On Mon, 07 Feb 2000 23:26:16 +1100, "chris@enet21.com.au"
> > <chris@enet21.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > >The poms don't worry much about Australian heritage just look what they
> > >did to the Tassie garret (conversion to oil burning). And is running
> > >South African locos in Wales part of pommy history? It has as much
> > >historical significance as the Penndennis running in Australia.
> > >
> > >http://www.bangor.ac.uk/ml/whr/k1.htm
> > >
> > >Imagine the outcry  if the same thing  was done to the Pendennis
> > >Castle,  maybe conversion to a garret as well?
> > >
> > >Chris
> >
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