Re: Tassie Garret & Penndennis Castle

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"Return the Garrat!!"  "Keep/get rid of the Castle!!"

Maybe a lot of people have forgotten one thing that we have here in
Australia that the British would dearly love to see returned......

It is the Beam Engine in the Powerhouse Museum display of the Museum of
Applied Arts & Sciences.

Brett


In article <389FDA26.9AD2CFFB@enet21.com.au>,
  "chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au> wrote:
> I suspect all these critics are expat poms or ones who are more
Birtish than
> British.(do you hold dual citizenship?)
> Have you ever volunteered to work with a preserved rail group?
> Has Rio ever offered it a major museum in Australia?
> I recall that when CSR disposed of it's steam fleet, it placed
advertisements in
> all the major papers around Australia calling for expressions of
interest form
> suitable groups.
> The legal action is the main reason why Rio is getting rid of it. I
reckon  North
> Limited would instantly take the matter back to court if it was even
shunted on to
> the main line.
> And finally I can't see any calls from the UK to return the garret
(what's left of
> it) back to Australia or anything else. It seems to me that some
people on this
> newsgroup think that the poms can do no wrong, using your logic I am
looking
> forward to your crusade to return  Tassie garret.
>
> Regards
>
> Chris
>
> Bob wrote:
>
> > 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
> > > >
> > > > ==========================================================
> > > > John Dennis                             jdennis@mpx.com.au
> > > > Melbourne                                  denjo02@cai.com
> > > > Australia                   Home of the Dutton Bay Tramway
> > > > DBT URL:  http://members.optusnet.com.au/~jdennis/dbt.html
>
>


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